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Operational tests

At the frames of the STCU P389 R&D project some operational tests of the developed principal prototype were conducted. According to the system specification the main distances for imaging were selected as 1,5 m, 3 m, 6 m.  For this aim three replacing focusing lenses with appropriate focal distances were utilized, which were placed in front of rotating antenna unit.

The main tests were provided for indoor conditions (i.e. at laboratory rooms and other permissions with and without windows). But separate tests with specified focal distance were provided also at outdoor conditions at summer time. Additionally some tests were provided for very short distance as 0,75 m at indoor conditions - at this case two lenses with focal distances as 3 m and 1,5 m were placed serially in front of rotating antenna.

It needs to be mentioned that for indoor conditions maximum natural temperature contrasts for human body are near 17 C degrees (i.e. 37 C temperature of human body and 20 C degrees temperature of background equal to air temperature). At hotter air temperature contrast is reducing. Taking into account that emissivity of human body (skin together with fat under skin) at W-band is near 0,6, real contrast is reducing to 10 C. Additional reduction of the contrast should be caused by losses of clothes on the body. So deficit of radiometric sensitivity during experiments is evident. Situation may be improved due to sensitivity improvement. Some ways for this task realization have been discussed at other parts of this web resource.       

The main results of the experiments for different distances are presented at the next pages.

Video Illustrations are presented at two forms: i) standard Microsoft video format (*.avi) and ii) Flash video format (*.swf). They have been initially tested for playing in the next browsers: Microsoft Internet Explorer (both formats are suitable), Google Chrome and Mozilla FireFox (Flash video only is supporting).

Illustrations at focal distances:

6 m3 m1,5 m0,75 m

Sergiy Shylo, 2019