Real-time detection and identification of explosives at a standoff distance is a major issue in efforts to develop defense against so-called improvised explosive devices (IED). It is recognized that the only method, which is potentially capable to standoff detection of minimal amounts of explosives is laser-based spectroscopy. LDS technique belongs to trace detection, namely to its micro-partic...

Face recognition in surveillance systems is important for security applications, especially in nighttime scenarios when the subject is far away from the camera. However, due to the face image quality degradation caused by large camera standoff and low illuminance, nighttime face recognition at large standoff is challenging. In this paper, we report a system that is capable of collecting face im...

Standoff detection measuring the fluorescence spectra of seven different biological agents excited by 294 nm as well as 355 nm wavelength laser pulses has been undertaken. The biological warfare agent simulants were released in a semi-closed aerosol chamber at 210 m standoff distance and excited by light at either of the two wavelengths using the same instrument. Significant differences in seve...

Speech can potentially be used to identify individuals from a distance and contribute to the growing effort to develop methods for standoff, multimodal biometric identification. However, mismatched recording distances for the enrollment and verification speech samples can potentially introduce new challenges for speaker recognition systems. This paper describes a data collection, referred to as...

We report the detection of characteristic Raman lines for several chemicals using a single-beam coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) technique from a 12 meter standoff distance. Single laser shot spectra are obtained with sufficient signal to noise ratio to allow molecular identification. Background and spectroscopic discrimination are achieved through binary phase pulse shaping for opt...

This paper proposes UAV rendezvous and standoff tracking guidance laws against a moving target using differential geometry. Searching and subsequent tracking of moving ground based target is one of the primary capabilities of cooperative UAVs. In performing such missions, UAVs are to approach a target and keep a certain distance, known as a standoff distance. This allows target tracking without...

Abstract An experimental and computational investigation was conducted to study the interaction between bubbles generated by an underwater explosive (UNDEX) a nearby steel plate structure. The experiments were performed for different standoff distances investigate gas bubble rigid High-speed photography utilized capture bubble’s behavior, series of pressure transducers used record emitted histo...

PURPOSE This study was conducted to determine the influence of standoff material on acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) measurements in an elasticity phantom by using two different probes. METHODS Using ARFI elastography, 10 observers measured the shear wave velocity (SWV, m/sec) in different lesions of an elasticity phantom with a convex 4C1 probe and a linear 9L4 probe. The experimental...

The M ardi Gras Raffle is in severe financial trouble and the location o f 70 percent o f the raffle books at present cannot be accounted for , according to M ike Day, M ardi Gras business manager. Appearing before the Hall Presidents Council last night, Day said that at this time o f year, raffle tickets usually account for $15,000 in revenue, yet this year ticket sales have only generated app...