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Image Sensors Snag IEDs

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SAN DIEGO, Calif., July 22, 2008 – Researchers at University of California, San Diego, are using statistical pattern recognition and image processing to help the U.S. military better detect hidden roadside explosives. Since the beginning of the Iraq War in 2003, nearly 50 percent of coalition fatalities have been at the hands of roadside bombs or IEDs (improvised explosive devices). Typically fashioned out of military and/or commercially-sourced materials, IEDs are most often camouflaged as shoe boxes, cigarette cartons, plastic bags, garbage cans and milk cartons, to name a few. Under a grant funded by the U.S. Department...Read full article

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    Published: July 2008
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    photonics
    The technology of generating and harnessing light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. The science includes light emission, transmission, deflection, amplification and detection by optical components and instruments, lasers and other light sources, fiber optics, electro-optical instrumentation, related hardware and electronics, and sophisticated systems. The range of applications of photonics extends from energy generation to detection to communications and...
    defenseexplosives and related threats: frontiers in prediction and detectionIEdIEDsimage processingNews & FeaturesNSF rantphotonicsroadside bombsSensors & Detectorsspectroscopystatistical pattern recognitionU.S. Department of Homeland SecurityU.S. MilitaryUC San Diegouniversity of California - San Diego

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