Sensors and systems for the detection of explosive devices - An overview

Metrology and Measurement Systems

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-28

  Bielecki, Zbigniew ^a   Janucki, Jacek ^a   Kawalec, Adam ^a   Mikolajczyk, Janusz ^a   Palka, Norbert ^a   Pasternak, Mateusz ^a   Pustelny, Tadeusz ^b   Stacewicz, Tadeusz ^c   Wojtas, Jacek ^a  

^a MILITARY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Detection of explosive materials; Explosive device sensors

Indexed keywords

CHROMATOGRAPHY; EXPLOSIVES DETECTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

DETECTION OF EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS; DETECTION OF EXPLOSIVES; EXPLOSIVE DEVICE SENSORS; EXPLOSIVE DEVICES; EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS; NEUTRON TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL RADIATIONS; OPTO-ELECTRONIC SENSORS;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 84858696287     PISSN: 08608229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10178-012-0001-3     Document Type: Article

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