Automatic detection of hidden threats in the TeraSCREEN passive millimeter-wave imaging subsystem

Satish Madhogaria; Marek Schikora

doi:10.1117/12.2176924

19 May 2015 Automatic detection of hidden threats in the TeraSCREEN passive millimeter-wave imaging subsystem

Satish Madhogaria, Marek Schikora

Proceedings Volume 9462, Passive and Active Millimeter-Wave Imaging XVIII; 94620J (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2176924
Event: SPIE Defense + Security, 2015, Baltimore, MD, United States

Abstract

Passive millimeter-wave imaging systems can play a significant role in security applications. Especially, the detection of hidden threats for border security is a growing field. In this paper we propose a novel approach for automatic threat detection using multiple 94 GHz passive millimeter-wave images. Herein, we discuss four steps essential to solving the task: pre-processing, region-of-interest extraction, threat extraction in each frame and, finally, intelligent fusion of the results from all frames. Besides, showing that the proposed method works reliably for the data-set at hand, we also discuss the advantages of using this method in contrast to state-of-the-art methods.

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Satish Madhogaria and Marek Schikora "Automatic detection of hidden threats in the TeraSCREEN passive millimeter-wave imaging subsystem", Proc. SPIE 9462, Passive and Active Millimeter-Wave Imaging XVIII, 94620J (19 May 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2176924

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