Penetrating 3-D imaging at 4- and 25-m range using a submillimeter-wave radar

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2771-2778

  Cooper, Ken B ^a   Dengler, Robert J ^a   Llombart, Nuria ^a   Bryllert, Tomas ^a   Chattopadhyay, Goutam ^a   Schlecht, Erich ^a   Gill, John ^a   Lee, Choonsup ^a   Skalare, Anders ^a   Mehdi, Imran ^a   Siegel, Peter H ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Millimeter waves; Submillimeter wavelength imaging; Terahertz radar; Terharertz (THz)

Indexed keywords

IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES; RADAR; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

3-D IMAGE RECONSTRUCTIONS; FRAME RATES; HIDDEN OBJECTS; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; MULTIPLIED SOURCES; OUTPUT POWERS; SCHOTTKY; SOLID STATES; STAND OFFS; STANDOFF DISTANCES; SUBMILLIMETER-WAVELENGTH IMAGING; TERAHERTZ IMAGING; TERAHERTZ MIXERS; TERAHERTZ RADAR; TERHARERTZ (THZ); WAVE RADARS;

RADAR IMAGING;

EID: 57849125028     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2008.2007081     Document Type: Conference Paper

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