Developments in people screening using terahertz technology

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5616, Issue , 2004, Pages 61-68

  Baker, Colin ^a   Tribe, William R ^a   Cole, Bryan E ^a   Kemp, Michael C ^a  

^a TERAVIEW LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Explosives detection; Security screening; Terahertz; THz stand off detection; THz wand

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DEMODULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRONIC CRIME COUNTERMEASURES; EXPLOSIVES; GUNS (ARMAMENT); OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; RADAR IMAGING;

EXPLOSIVES DETECTION; SECURITY SCREENING; TERAHERTZ; THZ STAND-OFF DETECTION; THZ WAVE;

SECURITY SYSTEMS;

EID: 17644421028     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.573603     Document Type: Conference Paper

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