Hence the need for further systemwide approaches to catch terrorists and other lawbreakers who might otherwise elude detection.
The Energy Department's Battelle Memorial Institute's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), for one, has developed millimeter-wave technology that could offer an alternative to conventional metal detectors and X-ray scanners. The system, which is being developed as a commercial product by SafeView Inc. (Menlo Park, Calif.), uses holographic imaging.
The technique employs an array of antennas that transmit and receive an electromagnetic wave with a wavelength ranging from 1 to 10 millimeters. By moving the array around the subject, the device creates a three-dimensional image that sees through clothing and can detect such items as nonmetallic knives, plastic-based flare guns and other items that could be used as weapons. The original PNNL design used eight DSPs from Analog Devices to yield 1 Gflops of computing performance. Licensees are developing proprietary hardware configurations based on the lab's concept.
"There are many threats out there, not just handguns, that can be used in very volatile situations," noted Doug McMakin, staff engineer and co-developer of PNNL's millimeter-wave technology. "This system is designed to address those threats."
Indeed, McMakin pointed out that the Sept. 11 terrorists had smuggled nonmetallic knives and box cutters past airport security.
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