1 INTRODUCTION

2 THE NEP SURVEY AT 18 MICRONS
2.1 Observations
2.2 Data Reduction

3 POST PROCESSING OF THE NEP L18W BAND IMAGE

4 PHOTOMETRY

5 SOURCE COUNTS
5.1 Raw Source Counts
5.2 Completeness, reliability, stellar fraction and colour corrections
5.3 Final Source Counts

6 DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS