CT-ANALYST: A SOFTWARE SYSTEM FOR ZERO LATENCY, HIGH FIDELITY EMERGENCY ASSESSMENT OF AIRBORNE CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL (CBR) THREATS

摘要

CT-Analyst (100, 101) provides accurate graphical predictions of Chemical Biological Radiological (CBR) threats in urban settings. CT-Analyst uses the best 3D computations possible or ground truth data prepared well ahead of time, capturing their salient results in a highly compressed database to be manipulated, and displayed. All internal calculations and results from CT-Analyst are produced and displayed virtually instantaneously. This capability is then immediately available to first-responders and emergency managers in a visual interactive, easy-to-comprehend form. CT-Analyst can support emergency response to both civilian and military CBR threats as well as the control and integration of sensor networks. On site and headquarters staff would use this tool for data fusion to give a minute-by-minute situation assessment including projected escape paths. It could also be used for war games, virtual reality training, site defense planning, and sensor network optimization. Sensor readings (301) can be used to backtrack (303) upwind and locate an unknown source and the downwind "Footprint" of the expanding plume can be determined. The implementation also has sensor fusion capabilities with a "point-and-click" controller (100) to select, morph, and manipulate user-constructed or sensor-driven CBR scenarios directly.