Analysis of photon scattering trends for material classification using artificial neural network models

In this project, we concentrate on using the Artificial Neural Network (ANN) approach to analyze the photon scattering trend given by specific materials. The aim of this project is to fully utilize the scatter components of an interrogating gamma-ray radiation beam in order to determine the types of...

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Main Authors: Saripan, M. Iqbal, Mohd Saad, Wira Hidayat, Hashim, Suhairul, Abdul Rahman, Ahmad Taufek, Wells, Kevin, Bradley, David Andrew
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Language:English
Published: IEEE 2013
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author Saripan, M. Iqbal
Mohd Saad, Wira Hidayat
Hashim, Suhairul
Abdul Rahman, Ahmad Taufek
Wells, Kevin
Bradley, David Andrew
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Mohd Saad, Wira Hidayat
Hashim, Suhairul
Abdul Rahman, Ahmad Taufek
Wells, Kevin
Bradley, David Andrew
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description In this project, we concentrate on using the Artificial Neural Network (ANN) approach to analyze the photon scattering trend given by specific materials. The aim of this project is to fully utilize the scatter components of an interrogating gamma-ray radiation beam in order to determine the types of material embedded in sand and later to determine the depth of the material. This is useful in a situation in which the operator has no knowledge of potentially hidden materials. In this paper, the materials that we used were stainless steel, wood and stone. These moderately high density materials are chosen because they have strong scattering components, and provide a good starting point to design our ANN model. Data were acquired using the Monte Carlo N-Particle Code, MCNP5. The source was a collimated pencil-beam projection of 1 MeV energy gamma rays and the beam was projected towards a slab of unknown material that was buried in sand. The scattered photons were collected using a planar surface detector located directly above the sample. In order to execute the ANN model, several feature points were extracted from the frequency domain of the collected signals. For material classification work, the best result was obtained for stone with 86.6% accurate classification while the most accurate buried distance is given by stone and wood, with a mean absolute error of 0.05.
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spelling upm-284312018-10-26T03:17:31Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28431/ Analysis of photon scattering trends for material classification using artificial neural network models Saripan, M. Iqbal Mohd Saad, Wira Hidayat Hashim, Suhairul Abdul Rahman, Ahmad Taufek Wells, Kevin Bradley, David Andrew In this project, we concentrate on using the Artificial Neural Network (ANN) approach to analyze the photon scattering trend given by specific materials. The aim of this project is to fully utilize the scatter components of an interrogating gamma-ray radiation beam in order to determine the types of material embedded in sand and later to determine the depth of the material. This is useful in a situation in which the operator has no knowledge of potentially hidden materials. In this paper, the materials that we used were stainless steel, wood and stone. These moderately high density materials are chosen because they have strong scattering components, and provide a good starting point to design our ANN model. Data were acquired using the Monte Carlo N-Particle Code, MCNP5. The source was a collimated pencil-beam projection of 1 MeV energy gamma rays and the beam was projected towards a slab of unknown material that was buried in sand. The scattered photons were collected using a planar surface detector located directly above the sample. In order to execute the ANN model, several feature points were extracted from the frequency domain of the collected signals. For material classification work, the best result was obtained for stone with 86.6% accurate classification while the most accurate buried distance is given by stone and wood, with a mean absolute error of 0.05. IEEE 2013 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28431/1/28431.pdf Saripan, M. Iqbal and Mohd Saad, Wira Hidayat and Hashim, Suhairul and Abdul Rahman, Ahmad Taufek and Wells, Kevin and Bradley, David Andrew (2013) Analysis of photon scattering trends for material classification using artificial neural network models. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 60 (2). pp. 515-519. ISSN 0018-9499; ESSN: 1558-1578 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6412756 10.1109/TNS.2012.2227800
spellingShingle Saripan, M. Iqbal
Mohd Saad, Wira Hidayat
Hashim, Suhairul
Abdul Rahman, Ahmad Taufek
Wells, Kevin
Bradley, David Andrew
Analysis of photon scattering trends for material classification using artificial neural network models
title Analysis of photon scattering trends for material classification using artificial neural network models
title_full Analysis of photon scattering trends for material classification using artificial neural network models
title_fullStr Analysis of photon scattering trends for material classification using artificial neural network models
title_full_unstemmed Analysis of photon scattering trends for material classification using artificial neural network models
title_short Analysis of photon scattering trends for material classification using artificial neural network models
title_sort analysis of photon scattering trends for material classification using artificial neural network models
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28431/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28431/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28431/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28431/1/28431.pdf