Title :
Feasibility study for non-metallic IED detection using forward-looking ground penetrating radar integrated with target feature classification
Author :
Nakatsu, Jill S K ; Youn, Hyoung-sun ; Iskander, Magdy F.
Author_Institution :
Hawaii Center for Adv. Commun., Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
Abstract :
Recent IED strategies have adapted to conventional metal detection equipment by avoiding the use of metal in the IED. Therefore, in this paper, extracted polarization features of buried dielectric objects which represents non-metallic IED targets, were examined using a forward-looking GPR (FLGPR) configuration. The fully polarimetric backscattered data for the buried targets were numerically simulated using the FDTD simulation in Agilent´s EmPro 3D EM software. Target features were calculated through post processing. Simulation results and extracted features of dielectric targets in FLGPR configuration will be presented in this paper.
Keywords :
backscatter; electromagnetic wave polarisation; feature extraction; ground penetrating radar; object detection; pattern classification; radar detection; radar polarimetry; Agilent EmPro 3D EM software; FDTD simulation; FLGPR configuration; IED metal; IED strategies; buried dielectric objects; buried targets; dielectric targets features; forward-looking GPR; fully polarimetric backscattered data; integrated forward-looking ground penetrating radar; metal detection equipment; nonmetallic IED detection; nonmetallic IED targets representation; numerical simulation; polarization features; target feature classification; Dielectrics; Dipole antennas; Feature extraction; Geophysical measurement techniques; Ground penetrating radar; Linearity; Metals;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0461-0
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2012.6348085
