Expanded opportunities of THz passive camera for the detection of concealed objects

Vyacheslav A. Trofimov; Vladislav V. Trofimov; Igor E. Kuchik

doi:10.1117/12.2029046

18 October 2013 Expanded opportunities of THz passive camera for the detection of concealed objects

Vyacheslav A. Trofimov, Vladislav V. Trofimov, Igor E. Kuchik

Proceedings Volume 8900, Millimetre Wave and Terahertz Sensors and Technology VI; 89000G (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2029046
Event: SPIE Security + Defence, 2013, Dresden, Germany

Abstract

Among the security problems, the detection of object implanted into either the human body or animal body is the urgent problem. At the present time the main tool for the detection of such object is X-raying only. However, X-ray is the ionized radiation and therefore can not be used often. Other way for the problem solving is passive THz imaging using. In our opinion, using of the passive THz camera may help to detect the object implanted into the human body under certain conditions. The physical reason of such possibility arises from temperature trace on the human skin as a result of the difference in temperature between object and parts of human body. Modern passive THz cameras have not enough resolution in temperature to see this difference. That is why, we use computer processing to enhance the passive THz camera resolution for this application. After computer processing of images captured by passive THz camera TS4, developed by ThruVision Systems Ltd., we may see the pronounced temperature trace on the human body skin from the water, which is drunk by person, or other food eaten by person. Nevertheless, there are many difficulties on the way of full soution of this problem. We illustrate also an improvement of quality of the image captured by comercially available passive THz cameras using computer processing. In some cases, one can fully supress a noise on the image without loss of its quality. Using computer processing of the THz image of objects concealed on the human body, one may improve it many times. Consequently, the instrumental resolution of such device may be increased without any additional engineering efforts.

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Vyacheslav A. Trofimov, Vladislav V. Trofimov, and Igor E. Kuchik "Expanded opportunities of THz passive camera for the detection of concealed objects", Proc. SPIE 8900, Millimetre Wave and Terahertz Sensors and Technology VI, 89000G (18 October 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2029046

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