Terahertz imaging system performance model for concealed weapon identification
Abstract
The U.S. Army Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate and the U.S. Army Research Laboratory have developed a terahertz-band imaging system performance model for detection and identification of concealed weaponry. The MATLAB-based model accounts for the effects of all critical sensor and display components, and for the effects of atmospheric attenuation, concealment material attenuation, and active illumination. The model is based on recent U.S. Army NVESD sensor performance models that couple system design parameters to observer-sensor field performance using the acquire methodology for weapon identification performance predictions. This THz model has been developed in support of the Defense Advanced Research Project Agencies' Terahertz Imaging Focal-Plane-Array Technology (TIFT) program and is presently being used to guide the design and development of a 0.650 THz active/passive imaging system. This paper will describe the THz model in detail, provide and discuss initial modeling results for a prototype THz imaging system, and outline plans to validate and calibrate the model through human perception testing.
Publication Title
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Recommended Citation
Murrill, S., Jacobs, E., Moyer, S., Halford, C., Griffin, S., De Lucia, F., Petkie, D., & Franck, C. (2005). Terahertz imaging system performance model for concealed weapon identification. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering https://doi.org/10.1117/12.630877
