Mm-wave stand-off screening and detection

Author

Alexander, Naomi ; Callejero, Carlos ; Fiore, Franco ; Gómez, Ignacio ; Gonzalo, Ramón ; De Luna, Álvaro Enríquez ; Ederra, Iògo ; Palacios, Inés

Author_Institution

Alfa Imaging S.A., Madrid, Spain

fYear

2009

fDate

14-18 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

1038

Lastpage

1041

Abstract

One of the main advantages of mm-wave radiation is its capability to ldquosee throughrdquo clothing and other materials, therefore enabling the detection of metallic and non-metallic weapons and explosives. Mm-wave imagers are able to perform stand-off screening, providing a solution in checkpoints and compound gates where the chance of suicide bomber attacks is high. A study has been made simulating real case scenarios to test practical detection performance and stand-off distances at a range of frequencies in this band, the results of which are presented.

Keywords

explosives; millimetre wave detectors; millimetre wave imaging; millimetre wave measurement; weapons; explosive detection; metallic weapons detection; millimetre-wave stand-off screening; mm-wave imaging; nonmetallic weapons detection; stand-off distance; suicide bomber attacks; Antenna measurements; Clothing; Electromagnetic measurements; Explosives; Frequency measurement; Image analysis; Object detection; Optical reflection; Radiation detectors; Weapons;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, 2009. ICEAA '09. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Torino

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3385-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3386-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICEAA.2009.5297780

Filename

5297780