Colvard Michael D, Naiman Melissa, Danziger Larry, Hanley Luke
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Aviat Space Environ Med. 2010 Jun;81(6):602-4. doi: 10.3357/asem.2652.2010.
Directed energy (DE) research and development is generating more powerful portable devices designed to support operational, environmental, clinical, point detection, and remote-sensing applications. These same DE devices present potential for injury, thereby impacting medical operations. The environmental surveillance and clinical communities require handheld sensor platforms that afford preemptive detection and monitoring of potentially hazardous exposures to DE and other electromagnetic (EM) frequencies.
A personal digital assistant (PDA) was interfaced with a wavelength sensor board via a multifunction data acquisition card to passively detect wavelengths in the 480-950 nm range. A 9V DC battery coupled to a voltage up-converter with a manual ON/OFF switch powered the sensor board. The sensor board was integrated with a standard operating system-based PDA. Graphical programming software integrated the data acquisition card with the PDA.
The DE wavelength sensor/PDA platform detected and relayed laser radiation information from 480 to 950 nm ranges, with graphical data output to the PDA screen.
This project demonstrated the technical ability to detect anthropogenic DE frequency signatures using a handheld, battery-driven DE sensor platform. Laboratory and field assessment studies are underway to validate operational applications. This DE-sensing prototype is designed explicitly for DE medical measurement and signatures intelligence (MED MASINT) to meet the protection needs of environmental and clinical operators.
定向能（DE）的研究与开发正在催生更强大的便携式设备，旨在支持作战、环境、临床、点探测和遥感应用。然而，这些相同的DE设备存在造成伤害的可能性，从而对医疗行动产生影响。环境监测和临床领域需要手持式传感器平台，以便对DE及其他电磁（EM）频率的潜在有害暴露进行预先检测和监测。
通过多功能数据采集卡将个人数字助理（PDA）与波长传感器板连接，以被动检测480 - 950纳米范围内的波长。一个9伏直流电池与带有手动开/关开关的电压升压器相连，为传感器板供电。传感器板与基于标准操作系统的PDA集成在一起。图形化编程软件将数据采集卡与PDA集成。
DE波长传感器/PDA平台检测并中继了480至950纳米范围内的激光辐射信息，图形化数据输出到PDA屏幕。
该项目展示了使用手持式、电池驱动的DE传感器平台检测人为DE频率特征的技术能力。正在进行实验室和现场评估研究以验证操作应用。这个DE传感原型专为DE医学测量和特征情报（MED MASINT）设计，以满足环境和临床操作人员的防护需求。
