Passive Terahertz Imaging System for Fast Scanning of Human Body by a Single Detector

Hui Feng; Weihua Bu; Wenjing Wang; Bingxi Gao; Hong Yao; Hao Tu; Shuai Wu

doi:10.3788/AOS202040.0711002

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