Experimental results for standoff detection of concealed body-worn explosives using millimeter-wave radar and limited view ISAR processing

2009 IEEE Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security, HST 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 456-460

  Fernandes, Justin ^a   Rappaport, Carey M ^a   Martinez Lorenzo, Jose A ^a   Hagelen, Manfred ^a,b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR HIGH FREQUENCY PHYSICS AND RADAR TECHNIQUES FHR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT SYSTEM; EXPLOSIVE RESIDUES; HEAT SIGNATURES; IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES; LIMITED APERTURE; MILLIMETER WAVE RADAR; MULTIPLE SENSORS; OUTER SURFACE; STANDOFF DETECTION; SUICIDE BOMBER; TERAHERTZ WAVES;

MILLIMETER WAVES; NETWORK SECURITY; NITRATION; RADAR SYSTEMS; SECURITY SYSTEMS;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 70449633747     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/THS.2009.5168072     Document Type: Conference Paper

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