Bioaerosols laser-induced fluorescence provides specific robust signatures for standoff detection

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6378, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Buteau, Sylvie ^a   Simard, Jean Robert ^a   Déry, Bernard ^a   Roy, Gilles ^a   Lahaie, Pierre ^a   Mathieu, Pierre ^a   Ho, Jim ^b   McFee, John ^b  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA VALCARTIER   (Canada)

^b DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioaerosol; Fluorescence; ICCD; LIF; Range gating; Standoff detection

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FLUORESCENCE; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; SENSORS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

BIOAEROSOL; ICCD; RANGE-GATING; SPECTRAL SIGNATURES; STANDOFF DETECTION;

AEROSOLS;

EID: 33846251447     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.686010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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