Ultra-wideband ground-penetrating radar for the detection of buried metallic mines

Author

Earp, S.L. ; Hughes, E.S. ; Elkins, T.J. ; Vickers, R.

Author_Institution

Mitre Corp., McLean, VA, USA

Volume

11

Issue

9

fYear

1996

fDate

9/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

30

Lastpage

39

Abstract

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

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; image enhancement; object detection; radar applications; radar clutter; radar imaging; sensor fusion; weapons; 200 to 800 MHz; Mahalanobis-based fusion technique; Monte Carlo statistical techniques; SRI International; buried metallic mines; clutter suppression; dual-polarized ground penetrating radar; soft decision minefield detection; ultra-wideband ground-penetrating radar; Clutter; Ground penetrating radar; Image analysis; Layout; Monte Carlo methods; Performance analysis; Polarization; Radar detection; Radar imaging; Ultra wideband technology;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8985

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/62.536802

Filename

536802