A5063024990- Particle Detector Development and Performance
- Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies
- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
- Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
- Nuclear Physics and Applications
- Software System Performance and Reliability
- Cloud Computing and Resource Management
- Advanced Data Processing Techniques
- Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry
- Mathematical Dynamics and Fractals
- Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques
- Nuclear reactor physics and engineering
- CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors
- Muon and positron interactions and applications
- Distributed Sensor Networks and Detection Algorithms
- Advanced Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems
- Geophysical Methods and Applications
- Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research
- Geometric and Algebraic Topology
- Advanced Topology and Set Theory
- Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory
- Hormonal and reproductive studies
UCLouvain
2022-2025
Campbell Collaboration
2023-2025
Université de Bourgogne
2000-2002
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
2002
A key task for customs workers is the interception of hazardous, illegal and counterfeit items in order to protect health safety citizens. However, it estimated that only a small fraction cargo inspected an even smaller trafficked goods are detected. Today, most widely used technology scanning vehicles, ranging from vans trucks railcars, γ ray X-ray radiography. New technologies required overcome current technological shortcomings, such as inability detect target material composition, usage...
The full optimization of the design and operation instruments whose functioning relies on interaction radiation with matter is a super-human task, due to large dimensionality space possible choices for geometry, detection technology, materials, data-acquisition, information-extraction techniques, interdependence related parameters. On other hand, massive potential gains in performance over standard, "experience-driven" layouts are principle within our reach if an objective function fully...
Abstract We describe a software package, TomOpt, developed to optimise the geometrical layout and specifications of detectors designed for tomography by scattering cosmic-ray muons. The exploits differentiable programming modeling muon interactions with scanned volumes, inference volume properties, optimisation cycle performing loss minimisation. In doing so, we provide first demonstration end-to-end-differentiable inference-aware particle physics instruments. study performance on relevant...
Muon tomography leverages the small, continuous flux of cosmic rays produced in upper atmosphere to measure density unknown volumes. The multiple Coulomb scattering that muons undergo when passing through material can either be leveraged or represent a measurement nuisance. In case, dependence on muon momentum is significant source imprecision. This alleviated by including dedicated devices experiment, which have potential cost and interfere with measurement. An alternative consists...
The TomOpt software package is designed to optimise the geometric configuration and specifications of detectors intended for muon scattering tomography, an imaging technique exploiting cosmic-ray muons. employs end-to-end differentiable pipeline that models interactions muons with scanned volumes, infers properties materials, performs optimisation cycle minimising a user-defined loss function. This article presents implementation case study related cargo scanning applications in context...
Non-destructive subsurface imaging methods based on the absorption or scattering of photons neutrons are becoming increasingly popular in cultural asset conservation. However, these techniques limited by physical and practical issues: their penetration depth may be insufficient for large items, they usually necessitate transferring objects interest to specialised laboratories. The latter issue is recently being addressed development portable sources, but artificial radiation can harmful thus...
The SilentBorder project aims to develop and construct a new high-technology scanner for the identification of hazardous illegal goods hidden in trucks sea containers.The will enable scanning shipping containers or cargo is based on muon tomography, technology that uses natural cosmic ray muons therefore inherently safe people.We report development simulation reconstruction framework aimed at optimizing geometry detector exploring feasibility CRT real smuggling scenarios using simulated...
The TOMOPT software is a tool to optimize the geometrical layout and specifications of detectors designed for muon scattering tomography.Based on differentiable programming techniques, consists in modular pipeline that models all aspects tomography task, from generation interaction cosmic ray muons with parameterized detector passive material, inference volume properties.This enables optimization parameters via gradient descent, suggest optimal configurations specifications.This subjected...
The full optimization of the design and operation instruments whose functioning relies on interaction radiation with matter is a super-human task, given large dimensionality space possible choices for geometry, detection technology, materials, data-acquisition, information-extraction techniques, interdependence related parameters. On other hand, massive potential gains in performance over standard, "experience-driven" layouts are principle within our reach if an objective function fully...
We describe a software package, TomOpt, developed to optimise the geometrical layout and specifications of detectors designed for tomography by scattering cosmic-ray muons. The exploits differentiable programming modeling muon interactions with scanned volumes, inference volume properties, optimisation cycle performing loss minimisation. In doing so, we provide first demonstration end-to-end-differentiable inference-aware particle physics instruments. study performance on relevant benchmark...
In cultural heritage conservation, it is increasingly common to rely on non-destructive imaging methods based the absorption or scattering of photons ($X$ $\gamma$ rays) neutrons. However, physical and practical issues limit these techniques: their penetration depth may be insufficient for large dense objects, they require transporting objects interest dedicated laboratories, artificial radiation hazardous induce activation in material under study. Muons are elementary particles abundantly...
In cultural heritage conservation, it is increasingly common to rely on non-destructive imaging methods based the absorption or scattering of photons (X gamma rays) neutrons. However, physical and practical issues limit these techniques: their penetration depth may be insufficient for large dense objects, they require transporting objects interest dedicated laboratories, artificial radiation hazardous induce activation in material under study. Muons are elementary particles abundantly freely...
Non-destructive subsurface imaging methods based on the absorption or scattering of photons neutrons are becoming increasingly popular in cultural asset conservation. However, these techniques limited by physical and practical issues: their penetration depth may be insufficient for large items, they usually necessitate transferring objects interest to specialised laboratories. The latter issue is recently being addressed development portable sources, but artificial radiation can harmful thus...
<p> </p><p>We propose to employ differentiable programming techniques in order construct a modular pipeline that models all the aspects of muon tomography task, from generation and interaction cosmic ray muons with parameterized detector passive material, inference on atomic number volume.</p><p>This enables optimization parameters via gradient descent, suggest optimal configurations, geometries,...
We extend a classical but fundamental theorem of knot and braid theories to describe the geometry nonsingular minimal sets 3-dimensional flows.