Title :
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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/IMWS2.2009.5307899
