DocumentCode :
2588131
Title :
Active millimeter-wave standoff and portal imaging techniques for personnel screening
Author :
Sheen, David M. ; McMakin, Douglas L. ; Hall, Thomas E. ; Severtsen, Ronald H.
Author_Institution :
Pacific Northwest Nat. Lab., Richland, WA, USA
fYear :
2009
fDate :
11-12 May 2009
Firstpage :
440
Lastpage :
447
Abstract :
Active millimeter-wave imaging systems can be configured as personnel screening portals or standoff systems that can operate at ranges of up to 20 meters or more. The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has developed a variety of active millimeter-wave imaging systems and technologies including the cylindrical imaging technique that has been successfully commercialized with L3-Communications/Safeview, and has continued to advance the cylindrical imaging technology using higher frequency ranges up to 100 GHz, and polarimetric imaging techniques. In addition, a standoff, three-dimensional imaging technique and prototype that operates near 350 GHz has been developed. This prototype system uses focusing optics coupled to a high-speed mirror scanning system and can obtain an image in 10 seconds, which is sufficiently fast to conduct extensive imaging tests on cooperative subjects. In this paper, these advanced imaging techniques are described in detail and numerous experimental imaging results are shown.
Keywords :
millimetre wave imaging; optical focusing; polarimetry; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; active millimeter-wave standoff system; cylindrical imaging technique; frequency 350 GHz; high-speed mirror scanning system; optical focusing; personnel screening; portal imaging technique; three-dimensional polarimetric imaging technique; time 10 s; Commercialization; Focusing; Frequency; High speed optical techniques; Laboratories; Millimeter wave technology; Optical imaging; Personnel; Portals; Prototypes;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Technologies for Homeland Security, 2009. HST '09. IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4178-5
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/THS.2009.5168070
Filename :
5168070
Link To Document :
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