Region processing of ground-penetrating radar and electromagnetic induction for handheld landmine detection

Joseph N. Wilson; Paul D. Gader; Dominic K. C. Ho; Wen-Hsiung Lee; Ronald Joe Stanley; Taylor C. Glenn

doi:10.1117/12.544323

21 September 2004 Region processing of ground-penetrating radar and electromagnetic induction for handheld landmine detection

Joseph N. Wilson, Paul D. Gader, Dominic K. C. Ho, Wen-Hsiung Lee, Ronald Joe Stanley, Taylor C. Glenn

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Proceedings Volume 5415, Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mines and Minelike Targets IX; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.544323
Event: Defense and Security, 2004, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

An analysis of the utility of region-based processing of Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) and Electromagnetic Induction (EMI) is presented. Algorithms for re-sampling GPR data acquired over non-rectangular and non-regular grids are presented. Depth-dependent whitening is used to form GPR images as functions of depth bins. Shape, size, and contrast-based features are used to distinguish mines from non-mines. The processing is compared to point-wise processing of the same data. Comparisons are made to GPR data collected by machine and by humans. Evaluations are performed on calibration data, for which the ground truth is known to the algorithm developers, and blind data, for which the ground truth is not known to the algorithm developers.

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Joseph N. Wilson, Paul D. Gader, Dominic K. C. Ho, Wen-Hsiung Lee, Ronald Joe Stanley, and Taylor C. Glenn "Region processing of ground-penetrating radar and electromagnetic induction for handheld landmine detection", Proc. SPIE 5415, Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mines and Minelike Targets IX, (21 September 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.544323

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