Standoff concealed explosives detection using millimeter-wave radar to sense surface shape anomalies

Author

Martinez-Lorenzo, Jose A. ; Rappaport, Carey ; Sullivan, Richie ; Angel, Amanda

Author_Institution

Gordon CenSSIS, Northeastern Univ., Boston, MA

fYear

2008

fDate

5-11 July 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this paper present the new concept for body-worm explosive detection has been presented. It consists of an array of reflectors producing narrow steerable beams, which is able to detect abrupt changes in the surface shape of the person. 2D-FDFD modeling has been performed to compute the electromagnetic response of a human body with and without metal pipes. The results show it is possible to associate abrupt changes at the human-body shape with abrupt changes in phase of received signal.

Keywords

antenna arrays; beam steering; finite difference time-domain analysis; millimetre wave devices; radar detection; reflector antennas; 2D-FDFD modeling; body-worm explosive detection; electromagnetic response; metal pipes; millimeter-wave radar; narrow steerable beams; reflectors array; sense surfaced shape anomalies; standoff concealed explosives detection; Antenna arrays; Clothing; Explosives; Humans; Millimeter wave radar; Object detection; Radar antennas; Radar detection; Radar scattering; Shape;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2008. AP-S 2008. IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2041-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2042-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2008.4619051

Filename

4619051