title: Image enhancement using MCNP5 code and MATLAB in neutron radiography.
abstract: This work presents a method that can be used to enhance the neutron radiography (NR) image for objects with high scattering materials like hydrogen, carbon and other light materials. This method used Monte Carlo code, MCNP5, to simulate the NR process and get the flux distribution for each pixel of the image and determines the scattered neutron distribution that caused image blur, and then uses MATLAB to subtract this scattered neutron distribution from the initial image to improve its quality. This work was performed before the commissioning of digital NR system in Jan. 2013. The MATLAB enhancement method is quite a good technique in the case of static based film neutron radiography, while in neutron imaging (NI) technique, image enhancement and quantitative measurement were efficient by using ImageJ software. The enhanced image quality and quantitative measurements were presented in this work.
authors.affiliation: Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority (EAEA), ETRR-2, Abo Zaabal, Qalubia 13759, Egypt.
authors.forename: Montaser
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tharwat
authors.affiliation: Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority (EAEA), ETRR-2, Abo Zaabal, Qalubia 13759, Egypt.
authors.forename: Nader
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mohamed
authors.affiliation: Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority (EAEA), ETRR-2, Abo Zaabal, Qalubia 13759, Egypt. Electronic address: tmongy@gmail.com.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mongy
keywords: Imaging enhancement; MATLAB; MCNP5; Neutron imaging; Quantitative measurements; Static based film neutron radiography