X-ray measurement model and information-theoretic system metric incorporating material variability (Conference Presentation)

Ahmad Masoudi; Jay Voris; David Coccarelli; Joel Greenberg; Michael Gehm; Amit Ashok

doi:10.1117/12.2307242

14 May 2018 X-ray measurement model and information-theoretic system metric incorporating material variability (Conference Presentation)

Ahmad Masoudi, Jay Voris, David Coccarelli, Joel Greenberg, Michael Gehm, Amit Ashok

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Proceedings Volume 10632, Anomaly Detection and Imaging with X-Rays (ADIX) III; 106320H (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2307242
Event: SPIE Defense + Security, 2018, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

In our prior work, we had employed a fixed photo-absorption, coherent, and incoherent cross-section material model to derive a shot-noise limited description of the X-ray measurements in check-point or a checked baggage threat-detection systems. Using this measurement model, we developed an information-theoretic metric, which provides an upper-bound on the performance of a threat-detection system. However, the fixed cross-section material model does not incorporate material variability arising from inherent variations in its composition and density. In this work, we develop a multi-energy model of material variability based on composition and density variations and combine it with the shot-noise photon detection process to derive a new X-ray measurement model. We derive a computationally scalable analytic approximation of an information-theoretic metric, i.e. Cauchy-Schwarz mutual information, based on this material variability model to quantify the upper-bound on the performance of the threat-detection task. We demonstrate the effect of material variations on the performance bounds of X-ray transmission-based threat detection systems as a function of detector energy resolution and source fluence.

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Ahmad Masoudi, Jay Voris, David Coccarelli, Joel Greenberg, Michael Gehm, and Amit Ashok "X-ray measurement model and information-theoretic system metric incorporating material variability (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE 10632, Anomaly Detection and Imaging with X-Rays (ADIX) III, 106320H (14 May 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2307242

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