Time domain terahertz detection of concealed threats in luggage and personnel

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6212, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Zimdars, David ^a   White, Jeffrey ^a   Stuk, G ^a   Chemovsky, A ^a   Fichter, G ^a   Williamson, S L ^a  

^a Picometrix Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical; Imaging; Reflection; Security; Spectroscopy; Terahertz

Indexed keywords

STANDING WAVE ARTIFACTS; TERAHERTZ DETECTION; TIME DISCRIMINATION; TIME DOMAIN THZ IMAGES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; GUNS (ARMAMENT); IMAGING TECHNIQUES; RADIATION DETECTORS; SCANNING; SECURITY SYSTEMS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 33747717379     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.665748     Document Type: Conference Paper

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