Using physical models to improve thermal IR detection of buried mines

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4394, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 207-218

  Chen, D H ^a   Sendur, I K ^a   Liao, W J ^a   Baertlein, B A ^a  

^a The Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Buried mines; IR; Modeling; Space time processing; Thermal

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFRARED RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOILS;

BURIED MINES;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 0035759188     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.445472     Document Type: Conference Paper

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