GPR evaluation test for humanitarian demining in Cambodia

Author

Sato, Motoyuki

Author_Institution

Center for Northeast Asian Studies, Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan

fYear

2010

fDate

25-30 July 2010

Firstpage

4322

Lastpage

4325

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2010 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

ISSN

2153-6996

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9565-8

Electronic_ISBN

2153-6996

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5649837

Filename

5649837