Optical techniques for detecting and identifying biological-warfare agents

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 971-989

  Greenwood, Darryl P ^a   Jeys, Thomas H ^a   Johnson, Bernadette ^a   Richardson, Jonathan M ^a   Shatz, Michael P ^a  

^a MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological agents; Fluorescence; Medical diagnostics; Particles; Scatter; Standoff sensing

Indexed keywords

ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FLUORESCENCE; NATIONAL SECURITY; SCATTERING; ULTRAVIOLET LASERS;

BIOLOGICAL AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGENTS; DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL SENSING; MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS; MODERN TECHNOLOGIES; STANDOFF SENSING; ULTRAVIOLET LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCES;

DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 66249102638     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2009.2013564     Document Type: Article

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