Chemical and Biological Threat-Detection Systems of the Future

Abstract

This article explains some of the technology involved in advancing and integrating development of the ultra-sensitive Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS)-based hardware, the Knowledge Amplification by Structured Expert Randomization (KASER) anthrax detector, the Joint Warning and Reporting Network (JWARN) Component Interface Device (JCID)-on-a-chip firmware, and the Holster sensor-network infrastructure. This research has two major thrusts. One is the development of new, next-generation individual and arrayed chemical and biological sensors. The other is the integration of these sensors into a network in which intelligent software agents, data-fusion algorithms, and expert systems can enhance the user's ability to retrieve and understand the data, and to act efficiently on the results.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA503851

Entities

People

  • Marion Ceruti

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Biosensors
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Fusion
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Environment
  • Expert Systems
  • Firmware
  • Improvised Explosive Devices
  • Information Systems
  • Microelectromechanical Systems
  • Networks
  • Raman Spectroscopy
  • Sensor Networks
  • Software Agents

Readers

  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Nanoscale Plasmonic Nanotechnology
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.