Automatic detection of concealed dielectric objects for personnel imaging

Author

Ahmed, Sherif Sayed ; Ostwald, Olaf ; Schmidt, Lorenz-Peter

Author_Institution

Dept. of Microwave Eng. & High Freq. Technol. (LHFT), Univ. of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany

fYear

2009

fDate

24-25 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

A technique for the automatic detection of concealed dielectric objects carried by persons is presented. The method is applicable for microwave personnel scanners with sufficient signal bandwidth and is expected to resolve the trade-off with the privacy of the scanned persons, allowing for efficient detection without the need for a human operator. Algorithm description along with measurement results in W-band are presented.

Keywords

dielectric bodies; image scanners; microwave imaging; millimetre wave imaging; object detection; personnel; W-band; automatic concealed dielectric object detection; human operator; microwave personnel imaging; microwave personnel scanner; scanned person privacy; signal bandwidth; Apertures; Bandwidth; Detection algorithms; Dielectrics; Humans; Microwave imaging; Object detection; Optical imaging; Personnel; Privacy; Microwave imaging; Object detection; privacy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Sensing, Local Positioning, and RFID, 2009. IMWS 2009. IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop on

Conference_Location

Cavtat

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5060-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5062-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMWS2.2009.5307899

Filename

5307899