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Radioactive Target Detection Using Wireless Sensor Network

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Computer, Informatics, Cybernetics and Applications

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering ((LNEE,volume 107))

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The detection of radioactive target is becoming more important recently in public safety and national security. By using the physical law for nuclear radiation isotopes, this chapter proposes a statistical method for wireless sensor network data to detect and locate a hidden nuclear target in a large study area. The method assumes multiple radiation detectors have been used as sensor nodes in a wireless sensor network. Radiation counts have been observed by sensors and each is composed of a radiation signal plus a radiation background. By considering the physical properties of radiation signal and background, the proposed method can simultaneously detect and locate the radioactive target in the area. Our simulation results have shown that the proposed method is effective and efficient in detection and location of the nuclear radioactive target. This research will have wide applications in the nuclear safety and security problems.

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Acknowledgments

This research was supported by the United States National Science Foundation Grant SES-07-52657.

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  1. Department of Statistics, Purdue University, 150 N. Unversity Street, West Lafayette, 47906, USA

    Tonglin Zhang

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  1. Chinese Academy of Engineering, Beijing, China, People's Republic

    Xingui He

  2. Zhejiang Gongshang University, Beijing, China, People's Republic

    Ertian Hua

  3. Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, China, People's Republic

    Yun Lin

  4. , School of Automation, Wuhan University of Technology, East District of Wuhan University, Luoshi Road 122, Wuhan, 4300, China, People's Republic

    Xiaozhu Liu

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Zhang, T. (2012). Radioactive Target Detection Using Wireless Sensor Network. In: He, X., Hua, E., Lin, Y., Liu, X. (eds) Computer, Informatics, Cybernetics and Applications. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 107. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1839-5_31

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