Positron emission particle tracking :a comprehensive guide /

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"Version: 20220601"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.0. Using the book -- 0.1. The 'user' -- 0.2. The 'researcher' -- 0.3. The 'developer' -- 0.4. The 'expert'part I. Introduction and background knowledge. 1. Imaging particulate and multiphase systems -- 1.1. Particulate and multiphase systems : why do they matter? -- 1.2. The importance of imaging -- 1.3. Particle and flow imaging : an overview2. The fundamentals of PEPT -- 2.1. Positron emission ... -- 2.2. ...particle tracking -- 2.4. Not just particle tracking3. A history of PEPT -- 3.1. Adding the 'P' : from PET to PEPT (origins-to 1989) -- 3.2. MWPC PEPT (1989-1999) -- 3.3. Out with the old, in with the new (1999-2002) -- 3.4. Positron cameras of all shapes and sizes (2002-present) -- 3.5. PEPT elsewhere -- 3.6. The future--SuperPEPT, MicroPEPT and beyond4. Comparison with other techniques -- 4.1. Quasi-two-dimensional techniques -- 4.2. Tomographic techniques -- 4.3. Three-dimensional particle-tracking techniques -- 4.4. Non-imaging techniques -- 4.5. Numerical simulation -- 4.6. Other techniquespart II. The PEPT technique in detail. 5. Tracers and detectors -- 5.1. Creating tracers -- 5.2. Detector systems -- 5.3. Modelling PEPT systems6. Pre-processing : PEPT data and algorithms -- 6.1. Understanding PEPT data -- 6.2. Available algorithms -- 6.3. From finding tracers to tracking trajectories -- 6.4. Horses for courses : comparing algorithm capability for differing tasks7. Post-processing : extracting physical information from PEPT data -- 7.1. Particle trajectories -- 7.2. Occupancy and density -- 7.3. Binary occupancy distributions and segregation -- 7.4. Velocity -- 7.5. Diffusion, dispersion and mixing -- 7.6. Energy and the granular temperature -- 7.7. Shear rate -- 7.8. Jump velocities -- 7.9. System-specific quantitiespart III. Applying the PEPT technique. 8. Applications -- 8.1. Vibrated systems -- 8.2. Rotating drum systems -- 8.3. Fluidised beds -- 8.4. Stirred tanks -- 8.5. Mills -- 8.6. Industrial mixers -- 8.7. Other systems -- 8.8. Nascent applications9. Future outlook -- 9.1. Future detector systems -- 9.2. Future tracers -- 9.3. Future algorithms -- 9.4. New applications for PEPT10. Accessing a PEPT facility -- Appendix A. Python tutorial.Positron Emission Particle Tracking (PEPT) is a technique which allows the three-dimensional, internal dynamics of opaque systems to be imaged with high temporal and spatial resolution. This book provides both an accessible introduction to, and a comprehensive reference guide for the PEPT technique.Master's students, PhD students and researchers (both academic and industrial) for whom PEPT may be a valuable research tool.Also available in print.Mode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.Kit Windows-Yule is a Turing Fellow and two-time Royal Academy of Engineering Industrial Fellow, currently working as a Lecturer based in the University of Birmingham's Positron Imaging Centre.Title from PDF title page (viewed on July 5, 2022).

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1 online resource (various pagings) :illustrations (some color).

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9780750330718

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Nuclear physics.
Positrons
Particle tracks (Nuclear physics)
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Kit Windows-Yule, Leonard Nicu?san, Matthew T. Herald, Samuel Manger, David Parker.

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