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Book SynopsisIn response to the ever-increasing global threat of terrorist attacks, the personal screening industry has been growing at a rapid rate. Many methods have been developed for detecting concealed weapons and explosives on the human body. In this important new book, the authors discuss their experiences over the last decade designing and testing microwave and millimetre wave detection and screening systems. It includes examples of actual devices that they have built and tested, along with test results that were obtained in realistic scenarios.
The book focuses on the development of non-imaging detection systems, which are similar to radar. These systems do not form a conventional image of the scene and the person(s) being screened. Instead, the sensors detect and analyze the effect that the body, and any concealed objects, has on a transmitted waveform. These systems allow remote detection of both metallic and dielectric devices concealed on the human body in both indoor and outd
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"... focuses on an aspect that is ... usually not a search area for remote sensing researchers, but is a field interesting to know. ... deals with a synthesis of research in the detection of metallic and dielectric objects (without electrical conduction)."
—Jean-Marie Dubois, Professor Emeritus, University of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada, from Bulletin d'AQT
Table of ContentsIntroduction. RCS Concept and Basic Definitions. Active Millimetre Wave Sensor using Direct Detection Approach. FMCW Sensors for Detecting Hidden Objects. Active Microwave Sensors for Complex Natural Resonance-Based Object Detection. Passive Millimetre Wave Sensors. Role of Shielding Effects in Operating Non-Imaging Sensors.
