Cosmic Ray Tomograph for Identification of Hazardous and Illegal Goods hidden in Trucks and Sea Containers

Project Information

SilentBorder

Grant agreement ID: 101021812

DOI

10.3030/101021812

Project closed

EC signature date 27 April 2021

Start date 1 May 2021

End date 31 July 2025

Funded under

• Secure societies - Protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens

Total cost

€ 7 471 536,25

EU contribution

€ 7 471 536,25

Coordinated by

TARTU ULIKOOL
Estonia

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Documents, reports (4)

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (19)

Rapid cargo verification with cosmic ray muon scattering and absorption tomography

Author(s): Anzori Sh. Georgadze
Published in: Journal of Instrumentation, Issue 19, 2024, Page(s) P10033, ISSN 1748-0221
Publisher: Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/19/10/p10033

Stand-Alone Cosmic-Ray Tomography with Secondary Particles

Author(s): Pérez Prada, M., Barnes, S., Stephan, M
Published in: Journal of Advanced Instrumentation in Science, Issue 2024, 2024, ISSN 2753-3352
Publisher: Journal of Advanced Instrumentation in Science
DOI: 10.31526/jais.2024.471

A Survey on Deep Learning Based Segmentation, Detection and Classification for 3D Point Clouds

Author(s): Prasoon Kumar Vinodkumar; Dogus Karabulut; Egils Avots; Cagri Ozcinar; Gholamreza Anbarjafari
Published in: Crossref, Issue 4, 2023, ISSN 1099-4300
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/e25040635

3D reconstruction and denoising of high-Z materials from muon tomography using 3D CNN

Author(s): Prasoon Kumar Vinodkumar, Egils Avots, Cagri Ozcinar, Gholamreza Anbarjafari
Published in: Signal, Image and Video Processing, Issue 19, 2025, ISSN 1863-1703
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s11760-025-03992-1

Automated object detection for muon tomography data analysis

Author(s): Anzori Sh. Georgadze
Published in: Journal of Instrumentation, Issue 19, 2024, Page(s) C07004, ISSN 1748-0221
Publisher: Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/19/07/c07004

Simulation Study into the Detection of Low- and High-\(Z\) Materials in Cargo Containers Using Cosmic Ray Muons

Author(s): A.Sh. Georgadze
Published in: Acta Physica Polonica B Proceedings Supplement, Issue 17, 2024, Page(s) 1, ISSN 1899-2358
Publisher: Jagellonian University
DOI: 10.5506/aphyspolbsupp.17.1-a2

Investigation of the Impact of Magnetic Fields on Scattering Muography Images

Author(s): null null, Hamid Basiri
Published in: Journal of Advanced Instrumentation in Science, Issue 1 (2024), 2025, Page(s) 490, ISSN 2753-3352
Publisher: Andromeda Publishing and Education Services
DOI: 10.31526/jais.2024.490

Progress in end-to-end optimization of fundamental physics experimental apparata with differentiable programming

Author(s): Max Aehle, Lorenzo Arsini, R. Belén Barreiro, Anastasios Belias, Alexey Boldyrev, Florian Bury, Susana Cebrian, Alexander Demin, Jennet Dickinson, Julien Donini, Tommaso Dorigo, Michele Doro, Nicolas R. Gauger, Andrea Giammanco, Lindsey Gray, Borja S. González, Verena Kain, Jan Kieseler, Lisa Kusch, Marcus Liwicki, Gernot Maier, Federico Nardi, Fedor Ratnikov, Ryan Roussel, Roberto Ruiz de Austr
Published in: Reviews in Physics, Issue 13, 2025, Page(s) 100120, ISSN 2405-4283
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.revip.2025.100120

A Simulation of a Cosmic Ray Tomography Scanner for Trucks and Shipping Containers

Author(s): A. Georgadze, A. Giammanco, V. A. Kudryavtsev, M. Lagrange, C. Turkoglu.
Published in: Journal of Advanced Instrumentation in Science, Issue 2024, 2024, Page(s) 482, ISSN 2753-3352
Publisher: Andromeda Publishing and Education Services
DOI: 10.31526/jais.2024.482

Optimisation of Muon Tomography Scanners for Border Control Using TomOpt

Author(s): Zahraa Zaher, Samuel Alvarez, Tommaso Dorigo, Andrea Giammanco, Maxime Lagrange, Giles C. Strong, Pietro Vischia, Haitham Zaraket
Published in: Particles, Issue 8, 2025, Page(s) 53, ISSN 2571-712X
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/particles8020053

Deep Learning for 3D Reconstruction, Augmentation, and Registration: A Review Paper

Author(s): Prasoon Kumar Vinodkumar, Dogus Karabulut, Egils Avots, Cagri Ozcinar, Gholamreza Anbarjafari
Published in: Entropy, Issue 26, 2024, Page(s) 235, ISSN 1099-4300
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/e26030235

B2G4: A synthetic Data Pipeline for the Integration of Blender Models in Geant4 Simulation Toolkit

Author(s): null null, Angel Bueno
Published in: Journal of Advanced Instrumentation in Science, 2025, ISSN 2753-3352
Publisher: Andromeda Publishing and Education Services
DOI: 10.31526/jais.2024.476

Muon imaging for illicit cargo detection: a simulation-based study

Author(s): Anzori Sh. Georgadze
Published in: Journal of Instrumentation, Issue 20, 2025, Page(s) P06053, ISSN 1748-0221
Publisher: Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/20/06/p06053

Cosmic-Ray Tomography for Border Security

Author(s): S. Barnes, A. Georgadze, A. Giammanco, M. Kiisk, V. A. Kudryavtsev, M. Lagrange, O. L. Pinto
Published in: Instruments, 2023, ISSN 2410-390X
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/instruments7010013

Toward using cosmic rays to image cultural heritage objects

Author(s): Andrea Giammanco, Marwa Al Moussawi, Matthieu Boone, Tim De Kock, Judy De Roy, Sam Huysmans, Vishal Kumar, Maxime Lagrangev, Michael Tytgat
Published in: iScience, Issue 28, 2025, Page(s) 112094, ISSN 2589-0042
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2025.112094

Scattering-Based Machine Learning Algorithms for Momentum Estimation in Muon Tomography

Author(s): Florian Bury, Maxime Lagrange
Published in: Particles, Issue 8, 2025, Page(s) 43, ISSN 2571-712X
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/particles8020043

Design and Simulation of a Muon Detector Using Wavelength-Shifting Fiber Readouts for Border Security

Author(s): Anzori Sh. Georgadze
Published in: Instruments, Issue 9, 2025, Page(s) 1, ISSN 2410-390X
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/instruments9010001

TomOpt: differential optimisation for task- and constraint-aware design of particle detectors in the context of muon tomography

Author(s): Giles C Strong, Maxime Lagrange, Aitor Orio, Anna Bordignon, Florian Bury, Tommaso Dorigo, Andrea Giammanco, Mariam Heikal, Jan Kieseler, Max Lamparth, Pablo Martínez Ruíz del Árbol, Federico Nardi, Pietro Vischia, Haitham Zaraket
Published in: Machine Learning: Science and Technology, Issue 5, 2024, Page(s) 035002, ISSN 2632-2153
Publisher: IOP Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/2632-2153/ad52e7

Geant4 simulation study of low-Z material detection using muon tomography

Author(s): Anzori Sh. Georgadze, Vitaly A. Kudryavtsev
Published in: Journal of Instrumentation, Issue 18, 2023, Page(s) C12014, ISSN 1748-0221
Publisher: Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/18/12/c12014

Non-peer reviewed articles (5)

Effect of passive metallic layers on muon energy estimation by means of deflection angle for muon scattering tomography: a comparative study based on GEANT4 simulations

Author(s): Ahmet Ilker Topuz, Madis Kiisk, Andrea Giammanco, Mart Magi
Published in: Journal of Instrumentation, Volume 17, 2022, ISSN 1748-0221
Publisher: Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/17/02/c02008

Analysis of Secondary Particles as a Complement to Muon Scattering Measurements

Author(s): Maximilian Pérez Prada; Sarah Barnes; Maurice Stephan
Published in: Instruments; Volume 6; Issue 4; Pages: 66, Issue 2, 2022, ISSN 2410-390X
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/instruments6040066

Investigation of deflection angle for muon energy classification in muon scattering tomography via GEANT4 simulations

Author(s): Topuz, A. Ilker; Kiisk, Madis; Giammanco, Andrea; Mägi, Märt
Published in: Journal of Physics: Conference Series, volume 2374, 2022, ISSN 1742-6588
Publisher: Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/2374/1/012185

A Comparison of Neural Networks and Center of Gravity in Muon Hit Position Estimation

Author(s): Gholamreza Anbarjafari; Märt Mägi; Andrea Giammanco; Madis Kiisk; Kadir Aktas
Published in: Entropy; Volume 24; Issue 11; Pages: 1659, Issue 1, 2022, ISSN 1099-4300
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/e24111659

DOME: Discrete oriented muon emission in GEANT4 simulations

Author(s): Ahmet Topuz; Madis Kiisk; Andrea Giammanco
Published in: Instruments; Volume 6; Issue 3; Pages: 42, Issue 1, 2022, ISSN 2410-390X
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/instruments6030042

Other (1)

Toward the End-to-End Optimization of Particle Physics Instruments with Differentiable Programming: a White Paper

Author(s): Tommaso Dorigo, Andrea Giammanco, Pietro Vischia (editors), Max Aehle, Mateusz Bawaj, Alexey Boldyrev, Pablo de Castro Manzano, Denis Derkach, Julien Donini, Auralee Edelen, Federica Fanzago, Nicolas R. Gauger, Christian Glaser, Atılım G. Baydin, Lukas Heinrich, Ralf Keidel, Jan Kieseler, Claudius Krause, Maxime Lagrange, Max Lamparth, Lukas Layer, Gernot Maier, Federico Nardi, Helge E. S. Pette
Published in: 2022, Page(s) 61-70
Publisher: arXiv
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2203.13818

Conference proceedings (3)

Muons for cultural heritage

Author(s): Marwa Al Moussawi, Andrea Giammanco, Vishal Kumar, Maxime Lagrange
Published in: Proceedings of Muon4Future Workshop — PoS(Muon4Future2023), 2025, Page(s) 029
Publisher: Sissa Medialab
DOI: 10.22323/1.452.0029

Improving cosmic-ray tomography of shipping containers with secondary particles

Author(s): Pérez Prada, Maximilian; Stephan, Maurice; Barnes, Sarah
Published in: Proceedings of the 2024 European Workshop on Maritime Systems Resilience and Security (MARESEC), Issue 1, 2025
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14214770

Optimisation of muon portals for border controls using TomOpt

Author(s): Z. Daher, M. Lagrange, S. Alvarez, G. C. Strong, F. Bury, T. Dorigo, A. Giammanco, A. Orio, P. Vischia, H. Zaraket.
Published in: Proceedings of the MARESEC 2024, 2024
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14214373