Millimeter Wave Imaging Architecture for On-The-Move Whole Body Imaging

• Published in: IEEE transactions on antennas and propagation Vol. 64; no. 6; pp. 2328 - 2338
• Main Authors: Gonzalez-Valdes, Borja, Alvarez, Yuri, Rodriguez-Vaqueiro, Yolanda, Arboleya-Arboleya, Ana, Garcia-Pino, Antonio, Rappaport, Carey M., Las-Heras, Fernando, Martinez-Lorenzo, Jose A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01-06-2016; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Architecture; Backpropagation Imaging; Checkpoint; Fast Fourier Transform (FFT); Imaging; Imaging Systems; Millimeter waves; Multistatic radar system; Radar antennas; Radar imaging; Real-time systems; Receivers; Simulation; Three dimensional; Transmitters; checkpoint; Backpropagation imaging; fast Fourier transform (FFT); multistatic radar system; imaging systems
• ISSN: 0018-926X; 1558-2221
• DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2016.2539372

This paper presents a novel interrogation system that combines multiple millimeter wave transmitters and receivers to create real-time high-resolution radar images for personnel security screening. The main novelty of the presented system is that the images can be created as the person being screened continuously moves across a corridor where the transmitters and receivers, working in a fully coherent architecture, are distributed. As the person moves, the transmitters and receivers are sequentially activated to collect data from different angles to inspect the whole body. Multiple images, similar to video frames, are created and examined to look for possible anomalies such as concealed threats. Two-dimensional (2-D) and three-dimensional (3-D) setups have been simulated to show the feasibility of the proposed system. The simulation results in 2-D have been validated using measurements.