title: Development of landmine detection system based on the measurement of radiation from landmines.
abstract: For the detection of landmines, a new gamma-ray detector system, a neutron source, and control and measurement devices were developed. A prototype system has newly been developed by combining these devices. The usefulness of capture gamma-ray and backscattering neutron methods is examined with real explosives in several conditions and the performance of the prototype landmine detection system is demonstrated experimentally in this study. The combination of the methods is confirmed to be sufficiently effective for application to actual landmine detection.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University, Yoshida-honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan. ytaka@rri.kyoto-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yoshiyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Misawa
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Masuda
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
authors.forename: Teruhisa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takamatsu
authors.forename: Kunihito
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamauchi
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yagi
authors.forename: Cheol Ho
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Pyeon
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shiroya