Liquids and homemade explosive detection

Michael Ellenbogen; Richard Bijjani

doi:10.1117/12.821806

5 May 2009 Liquids and homemade explosive detection

Michael Ellenbogen, Richard Bijjani

Proceedings Volume 7306, Optics and Photonics in Global Homeland Security V and Biometric Technology for Human Identification VI; 73060Y (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.821806
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2009, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

Excerpt from the US Transportation Security Agency website: "The ban on liquids, aerosols and gels was implemented on August 10 after a terrorist plot was foiled. Since then, experts from around the government, including the FBI and our national labs have analyzed the information we now have and have conducted extensive explosives testing to get a better understanding of this specific threat." In order to lift the ban and ease the burden on the flying public, Reveal began an extensive effort in close collaboration with the US and several other governments to help identify these threats. This effort resulted in the successful development and testing of an automated explosive detection system capable of resolving these threats with a high probability of detection and a low false alarm rate. We will present here some of the methodology and approach we took to address this problem.

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Michael Ellenbogen and Richard Bijjani "Liquids and homemade explosive detection", Proc. SPIE 7306, Optics and Photonics in Global Homeland Security V and Biometric Technology for Human Identification VI, 73060Y (5 May 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.821806

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