Douglas L. McMakin

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Douglas L. McMakin is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Douglas L. McMakin has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 17 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 15 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Douglas L. McMakin's work include Terahertz technology and applications (29 papers), Microwave Imaging and Scattering Analysis (16 papers) and Superconducting and THz Device Technology (9 papers). Douglas L. McMakin is often cited by papers focused on Terahertz technology and applications (29 papers), Microwave Imaging and Scattering Analysis (16 papers) and Superconducting and THz Device Technology (9 papers). Douglas L. McMakin collaborates with scholars based in United States. Douglas L. McMakin's co-authors include David M. Sheen, Thomas E. Hall, Ronald H. Severtsen, Jonathan R. Tedeschi, Justin L. Fernandes, Paul E. Keller, Jay Summet, Bruce E. Bernacki, Jeffrey Barber and Nancy B. Valentine and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine and Applied Optics.

In The Last Decade

Douglas L. McMakin

40 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Three-dimensional millimeter-wave imaging for concealed weapon detection

2001 1.2k citations David M. Sheen, Douglas L. McMakin et al. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Douglas L. McMakin United States	17	1.4k	1.2k	958	374	342	43	2.1k
Giovanni Leone Italy	20	663 0.5×	1.0k 0.8×	404 0.4×	58 0.2×	896 2.6×	143	1.7k
Rocco Pierri Italy	29	1.2k 0.8×	2.0k 1.6×	744 0.8×	83 0.2×	1.6k 4.6×	213	3.1k
W.J.R. Hoefer Canada	25	2.4k 1.6×	283 0.2×	549 0.6×	237 0.6×	244 0.7×	232	2.7k
Angelo Liseno Italy	20	592 0.4×	507 0.4×	519 0.5×	42 0.1×	382 1.1×	158	1.2k
L. Shafai Canada	36	3.9k 2.7×	740 0.6×	4.3k 4.5×	463 1.2×	285 0.8×	522	5.6k
Miguel Ferrando‐Bataller Spain	26	2.0k 1.4×	487 0.4×	2.1k 2.2×	39 0.1×	166 0.5×	225	2.8k
E.K. Miller United States	21	1.5k 1.0×	194 0.2×	568 0.6×	289 0.8×	172 0.5×	121	2.0k
Amedeo Capozzoli Italy	19	691 0.5×	283 0.2×	684 0.7×	62 0.2×	140 0.4×	163	1.2k
Robert J. Burkholder United States	26	1.1k 0.8×	472 0.4×	866 0.9×	34 0.1×	410 1.2×	156	2.0k
A. Tessmann Germany	30	4.9k 3.4×	736 0.6×	1.0k 1.1×	732 2.0×	81 0.2×	310	5.5k

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20 of 20 papers shown

McMakin, Douglas L., et al.. (2017). New Improvements to Millimeter-Wave Body Scanners. 263–271. 3 indexed citations

Fernandes, Justin L., Jonathan R. Tedeschi, David M. Sheen, & Douglas L. McMakin. (2013). Three-dimensional millimeter-wave imaging for concealed threat detection in shoes. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8715. 87150C–87150C. 14 indexed citations

Sheen, David M., Douglas L. McMakin, & Thomas E. Hall. (2010). Near-field three-dimensional radar imaging techniques and applications. Applied Optics. 49(19). E83–E83. 205 indexed citations

Sheen, David M., et al.. (2009). Active wideband 350GHz imaging system for concealed-weapon detection. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7309. 73090I–73090I. 41 indexed citations

Madaras, Eric I., et al.. (2008). THE POTENTIAL FOR IMAGING IN SITU DAMAGE IN INFLATABLE SPACE STRUCTURES. AIP conference proceedings. 975. 437–444. 2 indexed citations

McMakin, Douglas L., Thomas E. Hall, & David M. Sheen. (2008). Holographic radar imaging privacy techniques utilizing dual-frequency implementation. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6943. 69430P–69430P. 5 indexed citations

Sheen, David M., Douglas L. McMakin, & Thomas E. Hall. (2007). Speckle in active millimeter-wave and terahertz imaging and spectroscopy. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6548. 654809–654809. 14 indexed citations

Keller, Paul E., Douglas L. McMakin, Thomas E. Hall, & David M. Sheen. (2006). Use of a Neural Network to Identify Man-made Structure in Millimeter-Wave Images for Security Screening Applications. The 2006 IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Network Proceedings. 1. 2009–2014. 4 indexed citations

Sheen, David M., et al.. (2005). Circularly polarized millimeter-wave imaging for personnel screening. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5789. 117–117. 48 indexed citations

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McMakin, Douglas L., David M. Sheen, & Thomas E. Hall. (2003). <title>Millimeter-wave imaging for concealed weapon detection</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5048. 52–62. 10 indexed citations

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Keller, Paul E., et al.. (2003). Privacy algorithm for cylindrical holographic weapons surveillance system. 3575. 177–181. 5 indexed citations

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Sheen, David M., Douglas L. McMakin, & Thomas E. Hall. (2001). Three-dimensional millimeter-wave imaging for concealed weapon detection. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques. 49(9). 1581–1592. 1215 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sheen, David M., Douglas L. McMakin, & Thomas E. Hall. (2000). <title>Combined illumination cylindrical millimeter-wave imaging technique for concealed weapon detection</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4032. 52–60. 27 indexed citations

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McMakin, Douglas L., David M. Sheen, Thomas E. Hall, & Ronald H. Severtsen. (1998). <title>Cylindrical holographic radar camera</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3575. 79–88. 8 indexed citations

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Sheen, David M., et al.. (1996). <title>Concealed explosive detection on personnel using a wideband holographic millimeter-wave imaging system</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 47 indexed citations

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McMakin, Douglas L., et al.. (1996). Remote concealed weapons and explosive detection on people using millimeter-wave holography. 19–25. 4 indexed citations

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Sheen, David M., et al.. (1995). <title>Circular scanned millimeter-wave imaging system for weapon detection</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2511. 122–130. 2 indexed citations

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McMakin, Douglas L., et al.. (1995). <title>Wideband millimeter-wave holographic weapons surveillance systems</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2511. 131–141. 16 indexed citations

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Sheen, David M., et al.. (1994). <title>Weapon detection using a wideband millimeter-wave linear array imaging technique</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2092. 536–547. 5 indexed citations

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McMakin, Douglas L., et al.. (1993). Millimeter wave, high-resolution, holographic surveillance system. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 4–8. 5 indexed citations

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