Three-dimensional millimeter-wave imaging for concealed weapon detection

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1581-1592

  Sheen, D M ^a   McMakin, D L ^a   Hall, T E ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fourier optics; Microwave holography; Millimeter wave imaging; Surveillance; Three dimensional imaging; Weapon detection

Indexed keywords

MILLIMETER-WAVE IMAGING;

FOURIER OPTICS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; HOLOGRAPHY; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; ORDNANCE; SCANNING; TRANSCEIVERS;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0035446035     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.942570     Document Type: Article

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