Interferometric terahertz imaging for detection of lethal agents using artificial neural network analyses

2006 IEEE Sarnoff Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Bandyopadhyay, Aparajita ^a   Sinyukov, Alexander M ^a   Sengupta, Amartya ^a   Gary, Dale E ^a   Federici, John F ^a   Barat, Robert B ^b   Michalopoulou, Zoi Heleni ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Detection of concealed agents; Interferometric arrays; Kohonen self organizing maps; Terahertz imaging

Indexed keywords

BACKPROPAGATION; COMPUTER NETWORKS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GRAPH THEORY; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; INTERFEROMETRY;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS; DETECTION OF CONCEALED AGENTS; INTERFEROMETRIC ARRAYS; KOHONEN SELF ORGANIZING MAPS; TERAHERTZ IMAGING;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 50649098073     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SARNOF.2006.4534807     Document Type: Conference Paper

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