This recommended practice establishes performance criteria and characterization techniques for radiation measurement systems incorporated onto unmanned aerial systems, or UARaMS. The recommended practice provides a means to accurately assess a UARaMSs effectiveness to either search/localize a radiological source or characterize/map radioactive contamination. It outlines measurement expectations, functionality characterization tests, and functionality needs based on available radiation response… read more information, test results, and expected radiation fields at applicable heights above ground level (AGL). This recommended practice does not address individual unmanned aircraft system (UAS) performance or operations such as those items required for operation and control. The document looks at operational scenarios, detection needs and expectations, and environmental parameters that could be experienced during use such as temperature changes, mechanical shock, and onboard vibration. For radiation, response vectors include those expected from distributed contamination and from point sources. The primary unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) of interest include those from Group 1 and Group 2 UAV designations. read less
This standard specifies the basic performance requirements for mobile radiation-detection systems used in homeland security applications. These systems are used to detect gamma radiation and may include neutron detection and/or the identification of gamma-ray emitting radionuclides. They are typically placed in vehicles where they are used either while moving or when stationary. This standard establishes the radiological performance and testing requirements and those requirements associated… read more with the expected electrical, mechanical, and environmental conditions while in use. read less
This standard applies to security screening systems that utilize millimeter wave (MMW) radiation to actively inspect persons who are not inside vehicles, containers, or enclosures. The standard is applicable to systems used to detect concealed objects carried on the body of the individual being screened at a security checkpoint. The standard addresses monostatic, bistatic, or multistatic MMW systems. Walk-though systems can be tested using the standard. This document focuses on the imagery that… read more is presented to an Automated Threat Recognition (ATR) algorithm, not the imagery presented to a human screener. This standard applies to systems that are primarily imaging but that also may have complementary functionality such as materials discrimination. This standard does not address how to test these complementary functions. The standard describes tools, objectively-analyzed test methods, and image quality metrics for characterizing the imaging performance of the system but not for its operational performance. For the purposes of this standard, the test objects herein are appropriately applied to characterize systems that use radiation from 3 GHz to 150 GHz (100 mm to 2 mm wavelength). The standard is limited to tests related to image quality or functional factors that affect image quality. It does not, for example, include tests or requirements for electrical safety, or electromagnetic interference or immunity. The standard does not specify minimum or baseline performance requirements (pass-fail thresholds). read less
This standard specifies the notation of radiation data and some non-radiation data that is streamed digitally in real-time from a radiation detection instrument to a receiving device (e.g., smartphone or tablet). ISO/IEC 8824-1 Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1) is used for specifying the format of the data to be streamed. The standard addresses both lower-bandwidth transmission, corresponding to instruments that generate data on the order of several kilobit per second (kb/s), and higher-… read more bandwidth transmission. The radiation data consist mainly of raw or unprocessed data, but other data such as precise time, dosimetric data, device parameters and settings applicable to the further display, processing, or analysis of the data may be streamed as well. Data format for commands from the receiving device to the measurement instrument is not part of this standard. This standard does not address data format for visual data (e.g. photos, videos), for radiation imagers or LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging, or Laser Imaging, Detection, And Ranging). The transmission protocol is not part of the standard, although some general transmission rules recommendations are provided. The subsequent display, processing, and analysis of the radiation data on the receiving device are outside the scope of this standard. The standard does not address the transmission media, receipt, and later transmission of data to a larger and distant network or how the data is used and processed on the receiving device. read less