Recent developments in people screening using terahertz technology seeing the world through terahertz eyes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6212, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Kemp, Michael C ^a   Glauser, Antony ^b   Baker, Colin ^b  

^a ST JOHN S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b TERAVIEW LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Explosives detection; Security screening; Terahertz; Terahertz imaging; Terahertz spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFRARED RADIATION; IONIZATION; MICROWAVES; OBJECT RECOGNITION; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SECURITY SYSTEMS;

EXPLOSIVES DETECTION; SECURITY SCREENING; TERAHERTZ IMAGING; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

EID: 33747634610     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.666247     Document Type: Conference Paper

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