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In this chapter, the basics and applications of neutron radiography and neutron tomography are presented, outlining the principles of neutron physics. Then in the following chapters, different methods of neutron imaging are described and examples are given.
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Treimer, W. (2019). Neutron Radiography and Tomography. In: Ida, N., Meyendorf, N. (eds) Handbook of Advanced Non-Destructive Evaluation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30050-4_37-1
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