Millimeter-wave and submillimeter-wave imaging for security and surveillance

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1683-1690

  Appleby, Roger ^a   Anderton, Rupert N ^a  

^a QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

35 GHz; 94 GHz; Millimeter wave imaging; Security; Submillimeter wave imaging; Surveillance; Terahertz

Indexed keywords

MILLIMETER WAVES; MONITORING; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SMOKE; SPACE SURVEILLANCE; SUBMILLIMETER WAVES;

35 GHZ; 94 GHZ; MILLIMETER-WAVE IMAGING; SECURITY; SUBMILLIMETER-WAVE IMAGING; TERA HERTZ;

TERAHERTZ WAVES;

EID: 56349145433     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2007.898832     Document Type: Conference Paper

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