Download or read book Stand-off Detection of Suicide Bombers and Mobile Subjects written by Hiltmar Schubert and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-09-22 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is derived from lectures at an international NATO-Russian Advanced Research Workshop on the Stand-off-Detection of concealed explosives carried by suicide-bombers or in vehicles. Ideally, explosives should be detected by harmless methods at a distance, and unknown to the persons under inspection. The aim is to devise sensing techniques that will allow the shortest developing time sufficient to start commercial production. Short time availability is a prioritizing isssue.