Title :
Millimeter-Wave Imaging Technologies and Their Applications
Author :
Mizuno, Koji ; Wagatsuma, Yoshihiko ; Warashina, Hideo ; Sawaya, Kunio ; Sato, Hiroyasu ; Miyanaga, Seiko ; Yamanaka, Yukio
Author_Institution :
Res. Inst. of Electr. Commun., Sendai
Abstract :
A compact wideband millimeter wave detection element for the 35 GHz band has been developed mainly for passive imaging technologies. Applications of this element include security areas as well as food industry areas. Human bodies can be detected through fire flame, the thermal radiation emitted from fruit changes as it is ripening. Timber with knots and/or damages by white ants, and food temperature in cardboard box can be detected through passive mm-wave imaging.
Keywords :
millimetre wave detectors; millimetre wave imaging; food temperature detection; frequency 35 GHz; human bodies detection; millimeter-wave imaging; passive imaging; thermal radiation emission detection; wideband millimeter wave detection; Fires; Food industry; Food technology; Humans; Millimeter wave technology; Photothermal effects; Radiation detectors; Security; Temperature; Wideband; Imaging; Millimeter wave antenna arrays; Millimeter wave antennas; Millimeter wave imaging;
Conference_Titel :
Vacuum Electronics Conference, 2007. IVEC '07. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Kitakyushu
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0633-1
DOI :
10.1109/IVELEC.2007.4283195
