Active Millimeter-wave Imaging for Concealed Weapons Detection

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5077, Issue , 2003, Pages 62-70

  Grossman, E N ^a   Miller, A J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Array; Bolometer; Concealed weapons; Imaging; Millimeter wave

Indexed keywords

BOLOMETERS; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; SCANNING; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

CONCEALED WEAPON DETECTION; STANDING WAVES;

MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES;

EID: 0242720084     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.488198     Document Type: Conference Paper

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