The CONSORTIS 16-channel 340-GHz security imaging radar

Duncan A. Robertson; David G. MacFarlane; Robert I. Hunter; Scott L. Cassidy; Nuria Llombart; Erio Gandini; Tomas Bryllert; Mattias Ferndahl; Hannu Lindström; Jussi Tenhunen; Hannu Vasama; Jouni Huopana; Timo Selkälä; Antti Jussi Vuotikka

doi:10.1117/12.2304376

The CONSORTIS 16-channel 340-GHz security imaging radar

Duncan A. Robertson, David G. MacFarlane, Robert I. Hunter, Scott L. Cassidy, Nuria Llombart, Erio Gandini, Tomas Bryllert, Mattias Ferndahl, Hannu Lindström, Jussi Tenhunen, Hannu Vasama, Jouni Huopana, Timo Selkälä, Antti Jussi Vuotikka

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Abstract

We have completed a 16-channel 340 GHz 3D imaging radar for next-generation airport security screening under the European Union funded CONSORTIS (Concealed Object Stand-Off Real-Time Imaging for Security) project. The radar maps a 1 x 1 x 1 m³ sense volume with ∼1 cm³ voxel resolution at multi-hertz frame rates. The radar has been installed in the CONSORTIS system enclosure and integrated with a passenger control system and command module. The full system will ultimately also incorporate a dual-band passive submillimeter wave imager and automatic anomaly detection software for reliable, ethical detection of concealed objects. A large data collection trial on targets of interest has been conducted to support the development of automatic anomaly detection software. Initial threat detection analysis indicates promising results against aviation-relevant objects including simulant dielectric threat materials.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Passive and Active Millimeter-Wave Imaging XXI
Publisher	International Society for Optics and Photonics SPIE
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-5106-1779-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2304376
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2018
MoE publication type	Not Eligible
Event	Passive and Active Millimeter-Wave Imaging XXI 2018 - Orlando, United States Duration: 18 Apr 2018 → 19 Apr 2018

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Series	Proceedings of SPIE
Volume	10634

Conference

Conference	Passive and Active Millimeter-Wave Imaging XXI 2018
Country/Territory	United States
City	Orlando
Period	18/04/18 → 19/04/18

Funding

Part of the research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement no. 312745. The authors are very grateful to all our colleagues in the CONSORTIS project for their dedicated support and collaboration, in particular those from VTT, FOI and Finavia who contributed substantially to the system integration and data collection tasks.

Keywords

concealed object detection
FMCW
imaging
Radar
security
submillimeter wave

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Robertson, D. A., MacFarlane, D. G., Hunter, R. I., Cassidy, S. L., Llombart, N., Gandini, E., Bryllert, T., Ferndahl, M., Lindström, H., Tenhunen, J., Vasama, H., Huopana, J., Selkälä, T., & Vuotikka, A. J. (2018). The CONSORTIS 16-channel 340-GHz security imaging radar. In Passive and Active Millimeter-Wave Imaging XXI Article 1063409 International Society for Optics and Photonics SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2304376

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Passive and Active Millimeter-Wave Imaging XXI. International Society for Optics and Photonics SPIE, 2018. 1063409 (Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 10634).

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