<s>
Neutron	B-Algorithm
tomography	I-Algorithm
is	O
a	O
form	O
of	O
computed	O
tomography	O
involving	O
the	O
production	O
of	O
three-dimensional	B-Algorithm
images	I-Algorithm
by	O
the	O
detection	O
of	O
the	O
absorbance	O
of	O
neutrons	O
produced	O
by	O
a	O
neutron	O
source	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Whilst	O
its	O
resolution	O
is	O
lower	O
than	O
that	O
of	O
X-ray	O
tomography	O
,	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
useful	O
for	O
specimens	O
containing	O
low	O
contrast	O
between	O
the	O
matrix	O
and	O
object	O
of	O
interest	O
;	O
for	O
instance	O
,	O
fossils	B-Protocol
with	O
a	O
high	O
carbon	O
content	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
plants	O
or	O
vertebrate	O
remains	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Neutron	B-Algorithm
tomography	I-Algorithm
can	O
have	O
the	O
unfortunate	O
side-effect	O
of	O
leaving	O
imaged	O
samples	O
radioactive	O
if	O
they	O
contain	O
appreciable	O
levels	O
of	O
certain	O
elements	O
such	O
as	O
cobalt	B-Algorithm
,	O
however	O
in	O
practice	O
this	O
neutron	O
activation	O
is	O
low	O
and	O
short-lived	O
such	O
that	O
the	O
method	O
is	O
considered	O
non-destructive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
increasing	O
availability	O
of	O
neutron	O
imaging	O
instruments	O
at	O
research	O
reactors	O
and	O
spallation	O
sources	O
via	O
peer-reviewed	O
user	O
access	O
programs	O
has	O
seen	O
neutron	B-Algorithm
tomography	I-Algorithm
achieve	O
increasing	O
impact	O
across	O
diverse	O
applications	O
including	O
earth	O
sciences	O
,	O
palaeontology	O
,	O
cultural	O
heritage	O
,	O
materials	O
research	O
and	O
engineering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2022	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
reported	O
in	O
the	O
journal	O
Gondwana	O
Research	O
that	O
an	O
ornithopod	O
dinosaur	O
was	O
serendipitously	O
discovered	O
by	O
neutron	B-Algorithm
tomography	I-Algorithm
in	O
the	O
gut	O
content	O
of	O
Confractosuchus	O
,	O
a	O
Cretaceous	O
crocodyliform	O
from	O
the	O
Winton	O
Formation	O
of	O
central	O
Queensland	O
,	O
Australia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
that	O
a	O
dinosaur	O
has	O
been	O
discovered	O
using	O
neutron	B-Algorithm
tomography	I-Algorithm
,	O
and	O
to	O
this	O
day	O
,	O
the	O
partially	O
digested	O
dinosaur	O
remains	O
entirely	O
embedded	O
within	O
the	O
surrounding	O
matrix	O
.	O
</s>
