People screening using terahertz technology

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5790, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-10

  Baker, Colin ^a   Tribe, William R ^a   Lo, Thomas ^a   Cole, Bryan E ^a   Chandler, Simon ^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

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; GUNS (ARMAMENT); IONIZING RADIATION; OBJECT RECOGNITION; REMOTE SENSING; SCREENING;

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

SECURITY SYSTEMS;

EID: 26244453162     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.602976     Document Type: Conference Paper

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