Chemical and explosives point detection through opaque containers using Spatially Offset Raman Spectroscopy (SORS)

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8018, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Loeffen, Paul W ^a   Maskall, Guy ^a   Bonthron, Stuart ^a   Bloomfield, Matthew ^a   Tombling, Craig ^a   Matousek, Pavel ^a,b  

^a Electron Building ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b Science and Technology Facilities Council   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Explosives; Raman spectroscopy; Security; SORS

Indexed keywords

FALSE-ALARM RATES; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL METHOD; NON-METALLIC; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; OFFSET VALUES; ORTHOGONAL SIGNALS; POINT DETECTION; PRIOR KNOWLEDGE; RAMAN MEASUREMENTS; RAMAN SIGNAL; RAMAN SIGNATURES; RAMAN SPECTRUM; SECURITY; SORS; THREAT DETECTION;

BACKSCATTERING; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; EXPLOSIVES; GLASS BOTTLES; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PLASTIC CONTAINERS; RADIOLOGY; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SIGNAL DETECTION;

EXPLOSIVES DETECTION;

EID: 79960411381     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.882126     Document Type: Conference Paper

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