Detection of explosives has the flavor of those mathematical problems that are not invertible. It is easier to hide explosives than to find them. Many approaches have been proposed and executed for the remote detection of explosives, contraband materials, weapons of mass destruction, currency, etc. Most detection technologies suffer from a common problem: the features they look for, such as discontinuities in electrical conductivity, are not unique properties of the target but are contained, to some degree, in the more benign surroundings. Such a degeneracy leads to "clutter" in the response. For example, resolving the false alarms generated by this clutter can determine the rate of advance of a conventional electromagnetic metal detector employed as a landmine detector. One approach that provides a "unique" signature is nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) (the technique is also called QR, to avoid confusion with strictly nuclear techniques). This paper outlines the important physical principles behind the use of NQR for remote detection, indicates areas of applicability, and presents results of field trials of a prototype landmine detection system.


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    Title :

    Remote sensing by nuclear quadrupole resonance


    Contributors:
    Garroway, A.N. (author) / Buess, M.L. (author) / Miller, J.B. (author) / Suits, B.H. (author) / Hibbs, A.D. (author) / Barrall, G.A. (author) / Matthews, R. (author) / Burnett, L.J. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2001


    Size :

    11 Seiten, 44 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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