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Title: Holographic arrays for multi-path imaging artifact reduction

Abstract

A method and apparatus to remove human features utilizing at least one transmitter transmitting a signal between 200 MHz and 1 THz, the signal having at least one characteristic of elliptical polarization, and at least one receiver receiving the reflection of the signal from the transmitter. A plurality of such receivers and transmitters are arranged together in an array which is in turn mounted to a scanner, allowing the array to be passed adjacent to the surface of the item being imaged while the transmitter is transmitting electromagnetic radiation. The array is passed adjacent to the surface of the item, such as a human being, that is being imaged. The portions of the received signals wherein the polarity of the characteristic has been reversed and those portions of the received signal wherein the polarity of the characteristic has not been reversed are identified. An image of the item from those portions of the received signal wherein the polarity of the characteristic was reversed is then created.

Inventors:
 [1];  [1];  [2]
  1. Richland, WA
  2. Kennewick, WA
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
919878
Patent Number(s):
7,295,146
Application Number:
11/088,470
Assignee:
Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, WA)
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

McMakin, Douglas L, Sheen, David M, and Hall, Thomas E. Holographic arrays for multi-path imaging artifact reduction. United States: N. p., 2007. Web.
McMakin, Douglas L, Sheen, David M, & Hall, Thomas E. Holographic arrays for multi-path imaging artifact reduction. United States.
McMakin, Douglas L, Sheen, David M, and Hall, Thomas E. 2007. "Holographic arrays for multi-path imaging artifact reduction". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/919878.
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