Inventors:
Anthony Caruso - Overland Park KS, US
James C. Petrosky - Fairborn OH, US
John W. McClory - Dayton OH, US
Peter Arnold Dowben - Crete NE, US
William Miller - Rocheport MO, US
Thomas Oakes - Jefferson City MO, US
Abigail Bickley - Fairborn OH, US
Assignee:
THE CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI - Columbia MO
The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska - Lincoln NE
The United States Air Force Intellectual Property Law Division - Wright-Patterson AFB OH
International Classification:
G01T 3/08, G01T 3/00
US Classification:
376154, 25039007, 25037005, 250391
Abstract:
A neutron detection system may include a volume of neutron moderating material, and a plurality of solid state neutron detection devices disposed within the volume of neutron moderating material, wherein some of the neutron detection devices suitable for transduction of primary reaction products resulting from a neutron interaction event, wherein some of the solid state neutron detection devices include two or more solid state neutron detection elements, and wherein the solid state neutron detection elements are configured for omnidirectional detection of impinging neutrons.