High resolution, wide field of view, real time 340GHz 3D imaging radar for security screening

Duncan A. Robertson, David G. Macfarlane, Robert I. Hunter, Scott L. Cassidy, Nuria Llombart, Erio Gandini, Tomas Bryllert, Mattias Ferndahl, Hannu Lindström, Jussi Tenhunen,

Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 2017 · 33 citations · 3 references

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The EU FP7 project CONSORTIS (Concealed Object Stand-Off Real-Time Imaging for Security) is developing a demonstrator system for next generation airport security screening which will combine passive and active submillimeter wave imaging sensors. We report on the development of the 340 GHz 3D imaging radar which achieves high volumetric resolution over a wide field of view with high dynamic range and a high frame rate. A sparse array of 16 radar transceivers is coupled with high speed mechanical beam scanning to achieve a field of view of ~ 1 x 1 x 1 m<sup>3</sup> and a 10 Hz frame rate.

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