Standoff sensing and imaging of explosive related chemical and bio-chemical materials using THz-TDS

International Journal of High Speed Electronics and Systems

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 239-249

  Zhong, Hua ^a   Redo Sanchez, Albert ^a   Zhang, Xi Cheng ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Spectroscopic imaging; Standoff sensing; Terahertz

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIALS; CHEMICALS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGING; STANDOFF SENSING; TERAHERTZ TIME DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPY;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 34948910149     PISSN: 01291564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0129156407004461     Document Type: Article

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