Security applications of terahertz technology

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5070, Issue , 2003, Pages 44-52

  Kemp, M C ^a   Taday, P F ^a   Cole, B E ^a   Cluff, J A ^a   Fitzgerald, A J ^a   Tribe, W R ^a  

^a TERAVIEW LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Applications; Explosive detection; Imaging; People screening; Security screening; Spectroscopy; Terahertz

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVES; IMAGING SYSTEMS; RADIATION DETECTORS; SCREENING; SECURITY SYSTEMS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

TERAHERTZ IMAGING;

OPTICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0242635908     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.500491     Document Type: Conference Paper

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