Year
1998
Abstract
As the trend in Safeguards technology leans toward replacing analogue surveillance systems with Digital Image Surveillance (DIS), technical and safeguards review of digital image data and related information can be accomplished easily with a general review software application. In the past, Aquila provided the GEMINI Advanced Review Software (GARS), which performs efficient review of digital images including decompression, image display, motion detection analysis, image authentication, and a graphical overview of scene environment data. The software’s “on-the-fly” approach combines decompression, motion detection, and display processes into a single-task, greatly reducing review time. However, remote monitoring requirements, along with the variety of surveillance systems used by monitoring agencies such as IAEA and the CEC, have prompted Aquila to create a new version of GARS, the General Advanced Review Software. Along with the previous features, GARS now performs advanced review functions on surveillance data originating from GEMINI, MOS/MUX, and Neumann DCM-14 digital surveillance systems, which includes the one-channel VDIS, the Remote VDIS, and the All-In-One. In addition, GARS is “network aware” and can perform reviews on data residing on different workstations simply by attaching the designated files through a modem connection to the network. This paper discusses new data storage options and methods for supporting all future DIS data collected by various surveillance systems.