Detection of explosives by Terahertz synthetic aperture imaging-focusing and spectral classification

Comptes Rendus Physique

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 248-261

  Sinyukov, Alexander ^a   Zorych, Ivan ^a   Michalopoulou, Zoi Heleni ^a   Gary, Dale ^a   Barat, Robert ^b   Federici, John F ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Kohonen maps; Synthetic aperture; Terahertz

Indexed keywords

EID: 42049115421     PISSN: 16310705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crhy.2007.09.013     Document Type: Short Survey

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