Broadband Array of Electromagnetic Induction Sensors for Detecting Buried Landmines

Author

Scott, Waymond R., Jr.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA

Volume

2

fYear

2008

fDate

7-11 July 2008

Abstract

A broadband electromagnetic induction (EMI) sensor is developed to help discriminate between buried landmines and metal clutter. The detector uses a single dipole transmit coil and an array of three quadrapole receive coils. The sensor operates in the frequency domain and collects data at 21 logarithmically spaced frequencies from 300 Hz to 90 kHz. Experimental results are presented for several targets.

Keywords

electromagnetic induction; geophysical equipment; geophysical techniques; landmine detection; metal detectors; broadband electromagnetic induction sensors; buried landmines detection; data collection; frequency 300 Hz to 90 kHz; frequency domain; metal clutter; quadrapole receive coils array; single dipole transmit coil; Buried object detection; Coils; Detectors; Electromagnetic induction; Electromagnetic interference; Frequency domain analysis; Landmine detection; Object detection; Prototypes; Sensor arrays; EMI; Electromagnetic Induction; Landmine; Metal Detector; Mine;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2008. IGARSS 2008. IEEE International

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2807-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2808-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4779006

Filename

4779006