The proceedings of the International Workshop on Detecting Environmental, Industrial and Biomedical Signals, Bari, Italy, 11-12 October 2002 / Mauro de Palma [and others].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Solid state detectors for biomedical applications. Application of solid state detectors to medical imaging / M. Novelli, M. Quattrocchi and A. Stefanini -- FLUXEN project: a portable apparatus for absolute quantitative analysis of imaging properties of radiographic systems / S. Tangaro [and others]. Biparametric studies of CdTe detectors for nuclear medicine applications / A. Roggio [and others]. A CAD system in mammography for massive lesions detection / F. Fauci, R. Magro and G. Raso -- Sensors for biomedical, industrial and environmental monitoring. Experimental detection and theoretical prediction of laser welding plasma oscillations / A. Ancona [and others]. Laser-based gas sensing / M.W Sigrist. Portable EDXFR equipment for analysis of sulphur and chlorine in frescoes and of environmental samples / A. Castellano [and others] -- Material development for advanced sensing applications. Swelling of metal/teflon-like films as vapor-sensing mechanism / I. Farella [and others]. Characterisation of Langmuir-Blodgett films of phthalocyanines employed as recognition layers in phenol QCM sensors / C. Malitesta, L. Valli and B. De Tommaso. Sensor employing functionalized conducting polymer thin film transistors / M.C. Tanese [and others] -- Nuclear techniques using neutrons for humanitarian demining. Detecting landmines by neutron induced reactions: the DIAMINE sensor / G. Viesti [and others]. EXPLODET project: methods of automatic data processing and analysis for the detection of hidden explosive / P. Lecca. Performance of resistive plate chambers exposed to a beam of thermal and epithermal neutrons / M. Abbrescia [and others]. RPC as thermal neutron detector for humanitarian de-mining / R. Arnaldi [and others]. Resistive plate chambers with Gd-coated electrodes as thermal neutron detectors / M. Abbrescia [and others]. Performances of a large area scanning system for elemental analysis with tagged 14 MeV neutron beams / M. Lunardon [and others].

This volume contains reports on state-of-the-art studies relevant to signal detection in important scientific areas such as environmental, industrial and biomedical monitoring. Critical issues in the fields of material development for advanced sensing applications, nuclear techniques using neutrons for humanitarian demining, sensors for biomedical, industrial and environmental monitoring as well as solid state detectors for biomedical applications are confronted with the cross-disciplinary approach of physicists, chemists and biologists.

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