Progress in millimeter-wave imaging

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7936, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Wikner, David A ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

imager; imaging; millimeter wave; RF

Indexed keywords

COMPONENT TECHNOLOGIES; ENGINEERING DISCIPLINES; FULL BODY; IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; IMAGER; IMAGERS; IMAGING; LOW VISIBILITY; MILLIMETER-WAVE IMAGING; MMW IMAGING; RF; RF FREQUENCIES; TYPICAL APPLICATION;

IMAGE PROCESSING; MILLIMETER WAVES; RADIOFREQUENCY SPECTROSCOPY;

MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES;

EID: 79955403945     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.880188     Document Type: Conference Paper

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