The suitability of ultra-wideband ground-penetrating radar as a tool for the detection of buried metallic mines is explored in this paper. The analysis centers around a 200-800 MHz, dual-polarized ground penetrating radar (GPR) designed and built by SRI International. The analysis consisted of fusing the images from the dual polarizations into a single image to enhance the target objects and suppress clutter. Results are shown for several variations of a Mahalanobis-based fusion technique, and "soft decision" minefield detection results based upon Monte Carlo statistical techniques are also presented. Although relatively few scenes were analyzed, these results show that the dual-polarized GPR is potentially very effective at finding buried mines and minefields.
Ultra-wideband ground-penetrating radar for the detection of buried metallic mines
IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine ; 11 , 9 ; 30-39
1996-09-01
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Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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