Laboratory in-air testing of metal detectors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4394, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 8-19

  Das, Yoga ^a   Toews, J D ^a   Russell, K ^a   McFee, J E ^a  

^a Station Main   (Canada)

Author keywords

Humanitarian demining; IPPTC; Landmine detection; Metal detector evaluation; Mine detectors

Indexed keywords

AIR; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; MINES; MINING ENGINEERING;

HUMANITARIAN DEMINING; LANDMINE DETECTION;

METAL DETECTORS;

EID: 0035758553     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.445465     Document Type: Conference Paper

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