340 GHz 3D radar imaging test bed with 10 Hz frame rate

Duncan A. Robertson; Paul N. Marsh; David R. Bolton; Robert J. C. Middleton; Robert I. Hunter; Peter J. Speirs; David G. Macfarlane; Scott L. Cassidy; Graham M. Smith

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340 GHz 3D radar imaging test bed with 10 Hz frame rate

Duncan A. Robertson, Paul N. Marsh, David R. Bolton, Robert J. C. Middleton, Robert I. Hunter, Peter J. Speirs, David G. Macfarlane, Scott L. Cassidy, Graham M. Smith

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We present a 340 GHz 3D radar imaging test bed with 10 Hz frame rate which enables the investigation of strategies for the detection of concealed threats in high risk public areas. The radar uses a wideband heterodyne scheme and fast-scanning optics to achieve moderate resolution volumetric data sets, over a limited field of view, of targets at moderate stand-off ranges. The high frame rate is achieved through the use of DDS chirp generation, fast galvanometer scanners and efficient processing which combines CPU multi-threading and GPU-based techniques, and is sufficiently fast to follow smoothly the natural motion of people.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of SPIE
Subtitle of host publication	Passive and Active Millimeter-Wave Imaging XV
Editors	DA Wikner, AR Luukanen
Place of Publication	Bellingham
Publisher	SPIE
Pages	-
Number of pages	11
Volume	8362
ISBN (Print)	9780819490407
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.918581
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	Conference on Passive and Active Millimeter-Wave Imaging XV - Baltimore Duration: 26 Apr 2012 → …

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Conference	Conference on Passive and Active Millimeter-Wave Imaging XV
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Robertson, D. A., Marsh, P. N., Bolton, D. R., Middleton, R. J. C., Hunter, R. I., Speirs, P. J., Macfarlane, D. G., Cassidy, S. L., & Smith, G. M. (2012). 340 GHz 3D radar imaging test bed with 10 Hz frame rate. In DA. Wikner, & AR. Luukanen (Eds.), Proceedings of SPIE: Passive and Active Millimeter-Wave Imaging XV (Vol. 8362, pp. -). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.918581

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340 GHz 3D radar imaging test bed with 10 Hz frame rate

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