@inproceedings{4b7fe9bb209343dca4078a177c3441c2,
title = "Characterization of polyvinyl toluene (PVT) scintillators for fast neutron imaging",
abstract = "Polyvinyl Toluene (PVT) based plastic scintillators with varying dimensions and fluors have been characterized in terms of relative light output and spatial resolution. Scintillators were exposed to fast neutrons (∼2 MeV), and images were obtained with a setup consisting of an EMCCD camera, a mirror and a light-tight apparatus. Among scintillators with 2.0\% Flrpic and 10.16 cm (4 inch) diameter, the 10.5-mm thick scintillator featured the highest light output while 3.0- mm provided the best spatial resolution. The deuterated 3.0-mm thick scintillator doped with 2.0\% Flrpic showed a worse performance in terms of both light output and spatial resolution compared to that of undeuterated scintillator with the same thickness but doped with 2.0\% X-Flrpic. This study reveals the effects of presence of deuterium in PVT, the thickness of scintillator, and the fluor on the light output and spatial resolution of plastic scintillator.",
keywords = "Fast neutron, Light output, Neutron radiography, PVT, Spatial resolution",
author = "Ibrahim Oksuz and William Chuirazzi and Martinez, \{H. Paul\} and Nerine Cherepy and Lei Cao",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} COPYRIGHT SPIE. Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.; Hard X-Ray, Gamma-Ray, and Neutron Detector Physics XX 2018 ; Conference date: 20-08-2018 Through 21-08-2018",
year = "2018",
doi = "10.1117/12.2322828",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Michael Fiederle and Payne, \{Stephen A.\} and Arnold Burger and James, \{Ralph B.\}",
booktitle = "Hard X-Ray, Gamma-Ray, and Neutron Detector Physics XX",
}