Near real-time standoff detection of explosives in a realistic outdoor environment at 55 m distance

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 297-306

  Pettersson, Anna ^a,b   Johansson, Ida ^a   Wallin, Sara ^a   Nordberg, Markus ^a   Östmark, Henric ^a  

^a SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Explosives Detection; HME; IED; Raman Spectroscopy; Standoff

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVES DETECTION; GATED DETECTION; HME; IED; OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT; PET BOTTLES; PULSED LASER SOURCES; REALISTIC ENVIRONMENTS; SINGLE PULSE; SPONTANEOUS RAMAN; STANDOFF; STANDOFF DETECTION; TEST FIELDS; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

BEVERAGES; EXPLOSIVES; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

GLASS BOTTLES;

EID: 68949187632     PISSN: 07213115     EISSN: 15214087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prep.200800055     Document Type: Article

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