access icon openaccess Simulation-based configurations study of active millimetre-wave imaging system for personal security

This is an open access article published by the IET under the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
Received 20/02/2019, Accepted 03/05/2019, Published 31/05/2019

Active millimetre-wave (mm-wave) imaging techniques and systems have been widely investigated and developed, due to their ability to detect personal carried concealed weapons and other contraband, at airports and other secure locations. Up to date, several imaging configurations have been tested or proposed for active mm-wave personal security imaging system by different institutes, and each one focuses mainly on one configuration. To have visualised data or figures of different imaging system configurations, here, the authors build the simulation model of each imaging system for Feko software. Comparisons of different configurations to image the same object are provided based on simulation. The transmitting antenna number, receiving antenna number, and the reconstruction images are presented.

Inspec keywords: millimetre wave antennas; receiving antennas; transmitting antennas; millimetre wave imaging; computerised instrumentation; image reconstruction; data visualisation

Other keywords: data visualisation; receiving antenna number; personal carried concealed weapon detection; active millimetre-wave imaging system; image reconstruction; Feko software; simulation-based configurations study; transmitting antenna number; active mmwave personal security imaging system

Subjects: Single antennas; Computer vision and image processing techniques; Graphics techniques; Microwave measurement techniques; Computerised instrumentation; Computerised instrumentation; Optical, image and video signal processing

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