ADSA 03

Algorithm Development for Security Applications (ADSA) Workshop 3: Application to Advanced Imaging Technology (Whole Body Imaging)

The third ADSA workshop was held on April 27-28, 2010, focusing on advanced algorithm development for Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT), the DHS standard name for Whole Body Imaging (WBI). Industry/ practitioner, government, and national lab participants were: American Science and Engineering, Siemens Corporate Research, Department of Homeland Security, Reveal Imaging, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Telesecurity Sciences, General Dynamics, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Morpho Detection, Brijot, Intelliscience, Smiths Detection, L-3 Communications, Optosecurity, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Rapiscan, Sandia National Laboratory, General Dynamics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Guardian Technologies, Transportation Security Administration, GE Global Research Center, Tek84, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Radio Physics Solutions, Lahey Clinic and U.S. Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command.

The primary objective of the workshop was to find ways to involve third parties in the development of both near-term and revolutionary improvements to existing AIT equipment. Technologies developed by the third parties would be designed to augment the capabilities and capacities of the existing vendors of AIT equipment.

ADSA 03 addressed the following technologies: Millimeter-wave scattering; X-ray backscatter; infrared sensing; THz spectroscopy and imaging; Nuclear Quadrupole Imaging; and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance/Magnetic Resonance Imaging. The following areas for development were also addressed: probing modalities- capabilities and limitations; modeling of sensors, probe interactions with targets, and clutter sources; inverse scattering and reconstruction algorithms; automated threat recognition (ATR); sensor and data fusion of multi-sensor systems, including adaptive processing.

A copy of this report can be requested by contacting Mariah Nobrega at 617-373-3031 or via email mnobrega@coe.neu.edu