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Normalization of Proton-Radiographic Images of Objects with Quasi-Uniform Areal Density

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A method has been developed for calculating the proton beam transmission of static objects with a quasi-uniform areal density from a single proton radiography image under the condition of a Gaussian-like transverse beam profile. The calculated images of the transmission are intended to reconstruct the density of the investigated objects. A proton radiography of static targets was performed on an experimental setup with special magnetic optics PUMA with a proton energy of 800 MeV and an intensity of 1010 particles per image. It is shown that the application of the method makes it possible to reconstruct the proton beam transmission of the object under study with an average relative error of approximately 1–1.2%.

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    N. S. Shilkin, V. B. Mintsev & D. S. Yuriev

  2. National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, 123182, Moscow, Russia

    A. V. Kantsyrev, A. V. Bogdanov, D. S. Kolesnikov & A. A. Golubev

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Shilkin, N.S., Mintsev, V.B., Yuriev, D.S. et al. Normalization of Proton-Radiographic Images of Objects with Quasi-Uniform Areal Density. Russ J Nondestruct Test 59, 73–81 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1061830923700213

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