Terahertz imaging system for examining articles
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1. A system to detect an article comprising:
- one for more terahertz modules, each module either generating or receiving, or both generating and receiving, terahertz radiation, some of the terahertz radiation being reflected from the article and the remainder of the terahertz radiation being transmitted through the article;
a processor configured to convert the transmitted and reflected terahertz radiation to a plurality of voxels, and assign each voxel of the plurality of voxels a location within a volume and a signature, wherein the signature indicates a material characteristic, and characterize the article based on the location of the plurality of voxels within the volume and the signatures of each voxel of the plurality of voxels; and
wherein the processor is further configured to determine if the article is an explosive device based on the location of the plurality of voxels within the volume and the signatures of each voxel of the plurality of voxels.
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A system to detect an article includes one or more terahertz modules. Each module either generates or receives, or both generates and receives, terahertz radiation. Some of the terahertz radiation is reflected from the article and the remainder of the terahertz radiation is transmitted through the article. A processor analyzes the reflected and transmitted terahertz radiation to characterize the article.
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1. A system to detect an article comprising:
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one for more terahertz modules, each module either generating or receiving, or both generating and receiving, terahertz radiation, some of the terahertz radiation being reflected from the article and the remainder of the terahertz radiation being transmitted through the article; a processor configured to convert the transmitted and reflected terahertz radiation to a plurality of voxels, and assign each voxel of the plurality of voxels a location within a volume and a signature, wherein the signature indicates a material characteristic, and characterize the article based on the location of the plurality of voxels within the volume and the signatures of each voxel of the plurality of voxels; and wherein the processor is further configured to determine if the article is an explosive device based on the location of the plurality of voxels within the volume and the signatures of each voxel of the plurality of voxels. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method to detect an article comprising:
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generating or receiving, or both generating and receiving, terahertz radiation from One or more terahertz modules, some of the terahertz radiation being reflected from the article and the remainder of the terahertz radiation being transmitted through the article; converting the transmitted and reflected terahertz radiation to a plurality of voxels, assigning each voxel of the plurality of voxels a location within a volume and a signature, wherein the signature indicates a material characteristic; characterizing the article based on the location of the plurality of voxels within the volume and the signatures of each voxel of the plurality of voxels; and characterizing the article by determining if the article is an explosive device based on the location of the plurality of voxels within the volume and the signatures of each voxel of the plurality of voxels. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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