Phenomenology of passive multi-band submillimeter-wave imagery

Sissi Enestam; Perttu Kajatkari; Olli Kivimaki; Mikko M. Leivo; Anssi Rautiainen; Aleksi A. Tamminen; Arttu R. Luukanen

doi:10.1117/12.2229029

Phenomenology of passive multi-band submillimeter-wave imagery

Sissi Enestam^*, Perttu Kajatkari, Olli Kivimaki, Mikko M. Leivo, Anssi Rautiainen, Aleksi A. Tamminen, Arttu R. Luukanen

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In 2015, Asqella Oy commercialized a passive multi-band submillimeter-wave camera system intended for use in walk-by personnel security screening applications. In this paper we study the imagery acquired with the prototype of the ARGON passive multi-band submm-wave video camera. To challenge the system and test its limits, imagery has been obtained in various environments with varying background surface temperatures, with people of different body types, with different clothing materials and numbers of layers of clothing and with objects of different materials. In addition to the phenomenological study, we discuss the detection statistics of the system, evaluated by running blind trials with human operators. While significant improvements have been made particularly in the software side since the beginning of the testing, the obtained imagery enables a comprehensive evaluation of the capabilities and challenges of the multi-band submillimeter-wave imaging system.

Original language	English
Number of pages	8
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE
Volume	9830
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2229029
Publication status	Published - 2016
MoE publication type	A4 Conference publication
Event	Passive and Active Millimeter-Wave Imaging - Baltimore, United States Duration: 21 Apr 2016 → 22 Apr 2016 Conference number: XIX

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