Horizontal electromagnetic field sensor for detection and classification of metal targets

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4394, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 65-74

  Nelson, Carl V ^a   Huynh, Toan B ^a   Writer, Timothy ^b   Lacko, Peter R ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NIGHT VISION AND ELECTRONIC SENSORS DIRECTORATE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDDY CURRENTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; GEOMETRY; LOOP ANTENNAS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; OPTICAL SENSORS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD SENSORS;

METAL DETECTORS;

EID: 0035758588     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.445411     Document Type: Article

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