1.56 Terahertz 2-frames per second standoff imaging

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6893, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Goyette, Thomas M ^a   Dickinson, Jason C ^a   Linden, Kurt J ^b   Neal, William R ^b   Joseph, Cecil S ^a   Gorveatt, William J ^a   Waldman, Jerry ^a   Giles, Robert ^a   Nixon, William E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b SPIRE CORPORATION   (United States)

^c U S ARMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concealed; Imaging; Terahertz; Weapon

Indexed keywords

AZIMUTH ANGLES; BACKSCATTERED SIGNALS; FRAME RATES; FRAMES PER SECOND (FPS); HETERODYNE DETECTION; HUMAN SUBJECTS; OPTICAL (PET) (OPET); STAND-OFF DISTANCES; SYSTEM DESIGNS; TERAHERTZ (THZ); TERAHERTZ (THZ) IMAGING; TERAHERTZ (THZ) TECHNOLOGY; TORSION MIRRORS; VIDEO IMAGING;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COMPUTER NETWORKS; HETERODYNING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LASER BEAMS; MIRRORS; OPTICS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SCANNING; TECHNOLOGY;

OPTICAL DESIGN;

EID: 42149147899     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.764672     Document Type: Conference Paper

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