Browsing by Author "Grigorova, V"

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    How to take a perfect image with DINGO
    (Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, 2021-11-24) Grigorova, V; Clark, SM; Bevitt, JJ
    Neutron tomography is a powerful non-destructive technique used to study the internal structure of opaque objects. Neutron images are obtained by exposing an object to a uniform neutron beam. The transmitted neutrons interact with a phosphor which converts from neutrons to visible light, which is then demagnified on to a CCD camera. The modulation transfer function (MTF) is routinely used to determine the sharpness of an image, i.e. the ability of the imaging system to transfer information from an object to an image. The spatial frequency (SF) is the rate of transition between light and dark features in the image. For a perfect system where all of the frequency information is passed from object to image equally, the MTF of the will be 1 or 100% for all spatial frequencies and all features and contrast in the object will be transferred to the image. We performed a series of measurements to optimise the time necessary to obtain high-resolution radiographs with the DINGO instrument. We determined the MTF over a range of experimental conditions to understand the various contributions of DINGO’s imaging system variables to radiograph resolution. The system components varied in this study are the two beam modes, different scintillator screens, and pixel resolution of different cameras and lenses. We also compared the different exposure times of the object to the neutron beam to try to understand the minimum exposure time that will generate good resolution radiographs. Details of the use of this method for determining the quality of a neutron tomographic imaging system will be presented and the MTF data will be used to determine the optimal operating arrangement. © 2021 The Authors
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    Optimisation of a neutron imaging system using the modulation transfer function
    (Elsevier, 2023-12) Grigorova, V; Giri, P; Bevitt, JJ; Clark, SM
    The use of the modulation transfer function was explored for the characterisation and optimisation of the optical system used for tomographic imaging on the DINGO instrument at the Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Lucas Heights, Australia. Both a Siemens star and a phantom were used to determine the modulation transfer function and the results are compared. This allowed the optimal configuration of the instrument to be determined and the establishment of a relationship between sample dimension, exposure time and radiograph resolution to be developed. For tomographic studies of large samples, best results were achieved with DINGO configured in high-flux mode (L/D = 500), with a 6LiF/ZnS scintillator screen, an Iris 15TM sCMOS detector, a 50 mm lens, and an exposure time between 4 and 8 s. © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. - Open Access CC-BY.