SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DETECT ANOMALIES
First Claim
1. A system for detecting anomalies concealed upon a person, the system comprising:
- a detection probe having an electromagnetic transmitter and an electromagnetic receiver, the electromagnetic transmitter is configured to emit electromagnetic pulses, the electromagnetic receiver is configured to sample electromagnetic pulses from the electromagnetic receiver at specified times within a waveform window;
an objective optic incorporated in the detection probe for directing the pulsed electromagnetic radiation through a concealment stack and collecting reflections of the concealment stack at a defined distance, wherein the detection probe may be focused at the depth of concealed skin of the person without the exterior of the detection probe contacting a top of the concealment stackthe transmitter and receiver configured in a monostatic reflection geometry with respect to an objective optic; and
a time domain data acquisition system in communication with the receiver, the time domain data acquisition system configured to capture reflections from a range thickness of the concealment stack, the waveform window having the reflection time corresponding to the focus of the objective lens.
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Abstract
A system and method for detecting anomalies concealed upon a person may include a detection probe having an electromagnetic transmitter and an electromagnetic receiver. The electromagnetic transmitter is configured to emit electromagnetic pulses, while the electromagnetic receiver is configured to sample electromagnetic pulses from the electromagnetic receiver at specified times within a waveform window. The electromagnetic pulses may span the terahertz spectral region of 0.04 to 4 THz. The system may also have optical fibers connected to the electromagnetic transmitter and electromagnetic receiver, wherein femtosecond laser pulses are directed from a source to the electromagnetic transmitter and the electromagnetic receiver by the optical fibers.
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22 Claims
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1. A system for detecting anomalies concealed upon a person, the system comprising:
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a detection probe having an electromagnetic transmitter and an electromagnetic receiver, the electromagnetic transmitter is configured to emit electromagnetic pulses, the electromagnetic receiver is configured to sample electromagnetic pulses from the electromagnetic receiver at specified times within a waveform window; an objective optic incorporated in the detection probe for directing the pulsed electromagnetic radiation through a concealment stack and collecting reflections of the concealment stack at a defined distance, wherein the detection probe may be focused at the depth of concealed skin of the person without the exterior of the detection probe contacting a top of the concealment stack the transmitter and receiver configured in a monostatic reflection geometry with respect to an objective optic; and a time domain data acquisition system in communication with the receiver, the time domain data acquisition system configured to capture reflections from a range thickness of the concealment stack, the waveform window having the reflection time corresponding to the focus of the objective lens. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for evaluating a time domain reflected waveform for criteria corresponding to features which indicate an anomaly in a region of a concealment stack on a person, the method comprising the steps of:
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illuminating a concealment stack with an electromagnetic pulse directed from a transmitter located in a dynamically positioned probe; collecting the waveform by a receiver in the probe; parsing the waveform into a candidate group of positive or negative going peaks corresponding to reflection interfaces within the concealment stack; and determining if an anomaly is present if one or more peaks within the candidate group quantitatively correspond to one or more thresholds computed from the amplitudes and/or one or more differences in time between one or more peaks in the candidate group. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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