3D whole body imaging for detecting explosive-related threats

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 4453-4458

  Álvarez, Yuri ^a   Gonzalez Valdés, Borja ^b   Martinez, José Ángel ^b   Las Heras, Fernando ^a   Rappaport, Carey M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3D geometry reconstruction; Fast Multipole Method (FMM); human body imaging; inverse methods; iterative field matrix; near field characterization

Indexed keywords

3D GEOMETRY; FAST MULTIPOLE METHOD; HUMAN BODIES; INVERSE METHODS; NEAR FIELDS;

GEOMETRY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; PHYSICAL OPTICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

HOSIERY MANUFACTURE;

EID: 84866092825     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2012.2207068     Document Type: Article

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