Laid and flush-buried mine detection using an 8- to 12-μm polarimetric imager

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3392, Issue , 1998, Pages 115-120

  Larive, Marc ^a   Collot, Laurent ^a   Breugnot, Sebastien ^a   Botma, Hako ^b   Roos, Pier ^b  

^a THALES   (France)

^b Signaal USFA   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Infrared camera; Mines detection; Polarimetric imager

Indexed keywords

IMAGE SENSORS; MICROMETERS; POLARIMETERS; POLAROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; POLLUTION; REMEDIATION; TEMPERATURE INDICATING CAMERAS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

BURIED MINES; EMITTED RADIATIONS; EUROPEAN RESEARCHES; INFRARED CAMERA; INFRARED IMAGERS; JOINT RESEARCH CENTERS; MINE DETECTIONS; POLARIMETRIC IMAGER; SPECTRAL BANDS; UXO DETECTIONS;

MINES;

EID: 0000393372     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.324183     Document Type: Conference Paper

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