Surface and buried landmine scene generation and validation using the digital imaging and remote sensing image generation model

Erin D. Peterson; Scott D. Brown; Timothy J. Hattenberger; John R. Schott

doi:10.1117/12.561264

15 October 2004 Surface and buried landmine scene generation and validation using the digital imaging and remote sensing image generation model

Erin D. Peterson, Scott D. Brown, Timothy J. Hattenberger, John R. Schott

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Proceedings Volume 5546, Imaging Spectrometry X; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.561264
Event: Optical Science and Technology, the SPIE 49th Annual Meeting, 2004, Denver, Colorado, United States

Abstract

Detection and neutralization of surface-laid and buried landmines has been a slow and dangerous endeavor for military forces and humanitarian organizations throughout the world. In an effort to make the process faster and safer, scientists have begun to exploit the ever-evolving passive electro-optical realm, both from a broadband perspective and a multi or hyperspectral perspective. Carried with this exploitation is the development of mine detection algorithms that take advantage of spectral features exhibited by mine targets, only available in a multi or hyperspectral data set. Difficulty in algorithm development arises from a lack of robust data, which is needed to appropriately test the validity of an algorithm’s results. This paper discusses the development of synthetic data using the Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing Image Generation (DIRSIG) model. A synthetic landmine scene has been modeled after data collected at a US Army arid testing site by the University of Hawaii’s Airborne Hyperspectral Imager (AHI). The synthetic data has been created and validated to represent the surrogate minefield thermally, spatially, spectrally, and temporally over the 7.9 to 11.5 micron region using 70 bands of data. Validation of the scene has been accomplished by direct comparison to the AHI truth data using qualitative band to band visual analysis, Rank Order Correlation comparison, Principle Components dimensionality analysis, and an evaluation of the R(x) algorithm's performance. This paper discusses landmine detection phenomenology, describes the steps taken to build the scene, modeling methods utilized to overcome input parameter limitations, and compares the synthetic scene to truth data.

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Erin D. Peterson, Scott D. Brown, Timothy J. Hattenberger, and John R. Schott "Surface and buried landmine scene generation and validation using the digital imaging and remote sensing image generation model", Proc. SPIE 5546, Imaging Spectrometry X, (15 October 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.561264

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