Terahertz imaging system performance model for concealed weapon identification

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5989, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Murrill, Steven R ^a   Jacobs, Eddie L ^b   Moyer, Steven K ^b   Halford, Carl E ^c   Griffin, Steven T ^c   De Lucia, Frank C ^d   Petkie, Douglas T ^e   Franck, Charmaine C ^f  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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

^c University of Memphis   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Concealed Weapon Identification; Imaging; Imaging System Performance Modeling; Security; Terahertz

Indexed keywords

GUNS (ARMAMENT); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSORS;

CONCEALED WEAPON IDENTIFICATION; IMAGING SYSTEM PERFORMANCE MODELING; SECURITY; TERAHERTZ;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 33644555500     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.630877     Document Type: Conference Paper

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