Title :
GPR evaluation test for humanitarian demining in Cambodia
Author_Institution :
Center for Northeast Asian Studies, Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan
Abstract :
ALIS is a dual sensor for humanitarian demining, which is a combination of electromagnetic Induction sensor (EMI) and Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), developed by Tohoku University, Japan. ALIS is equipped with a sensor tracking system using a CCD camera with image processing, which enables signal processing for subsurface imaging. Two sets of ALSI have been deployed in mine fields in Cambodia since 2009 and more than 50 buried landmines have been detected. We found that the Synthetic Aperture Radar processing (SAR processing) is effective not only imaging the buried objects, but also for reduction of clutter of soil.
Keywords :
electromagnetic induction; geophysical techniques; ground penetrating radar; radar signal processing; synthetic aperture radar; ALIS; CCD camera; Cambodia; EMI; GPR evaluation test; SAR processing; dual sensor; electromagnetic Induction sensor; ground penetrating radar; humanitarian demining; image processing; sensor tracking system; signal processing; synthetic aperture radar processing; Detectors; Ground penetrating radar; Metals; Nonhomogeneous media; Signal processing; Soil; ALIS; Cambodia; GPR; Humanitarian Demining;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2010 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9565-8
Electronic_ISBN :
2153-6996
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5649837