AMISS

Active and Passive MIcrowaves for Security and Subsurface imaging

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'AMISS proposal aims at establishing a collaborative network that will be able to acquire international visibility by providing theoretical and applicative advancements in the field of the active and passive microwave imaging systems. The proposal involves three EU Members and Associate Countries (Italy, The Netherlands, Turkey) and 4 partners from Third countries (Russia, Ukraine, Brazil) whose expertise is complementary in achieving the objective of the proposal and in ensuring a significant transfer of knowledge. Two main lines of activities will be developed during the project. The first line of research is concerned with the development, characterization and performance evaluation of new systems, sensors and configurations able to mitigate the clutter, and increase information content and redundancy, for both passive and active microwave imaging. The second line of research is concerned with the development, implementation and performance evaluation of processing tools. State-of-the-Art processing tools will be adapted to the novel instrumentation developed in the first line and to work in electromagnetically complex scenarios encountered in emerging application domains. The effectiveness of the research and exchange activities, and of the related results will be tested by considering two specific application fields. The first one is concerned with the Ground Penetrating Radar for subsurface sensing and critical infrastructure diagnostics,while the other one regards passive and active microwave imaging systems for security applications.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

EU-funded scientists succeeded in developing radar prototypes, systems and techniques that could eventually lead to more advanced imaging systems for security, surveillance, subsurface prospecting and medical applications.

Descrizione progetto (Article)

Electromagnetic radiation in the microwave wavelength region that has evolved from radars to evaluate hidden objects has been used in a variety of applications. These include non-destructive testing and evaluation, medical imaging, concealed weapon detection at security check points, structural health monitoring and geophysical investigations, and through-wall imaging.

The EU-funded project AMISS (Active and passive microwaves for security and subsurface imaging) developed new systems and sensors for both active and passive microwave imaging.

Scientists succeeded in designing antennae for a diverse range of applications, such as radar and subsurface purposes, as well as an advanced microwave tomographic approach for through-wall imaging.

Other project achievements include innovative data processing approaches for ground-penetrating radar systems and a holographic radar for detecting concealed objects. Moreover, bioradar prototypes were developed that can be used for detecting vital signs and characterising human beings in complex scenarios for security and biomedical applications.

The project helped create and improve existing links between researchers at different institutes via exchange visits, workshops, conferences and journal preparation. Researchers contributed to 14 journal papers, a book chapter, 30 proceedings, abstracts and presentations in more than 10 international conferences.