Automated object positioning from ground penetrating radar images

Insight: Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 482-488

  Windsor, C G ^a   Capineri, L ^b  

^a CULHAM SCIENCE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; RADAR IMAGING; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES;

AUTOMATED OBJECT POSITIONING; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR (GPR);

NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

EID: 0032120403     PISSN: 13542575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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