Development and field testing of a mobile backscatter x-ray lateral migration radiography land mine detection system

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4742, Issue I, 2002, Pages 120-131

  Dugan, Edward T ^a   Jacobs, Alan M ^a   Su, Zhong ^a   Houssay, Laurent ^a   Ekdahl, Dan ^a   Brygoo, Stephanie ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Compton backscatter; Confirmation sensor; Land mine detection; X ray imaging

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; IMAGE QUALITY; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; RADIOGRAPHY; SCANNING; SENSORS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

X-RAY LATERAL MIGRATION RADIOGRAPHY;

MINES;

EID: 0036438729     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.479082     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (8)

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3. J. Wehlburg, S. Keshavmurthy, E. Dugan, and A. Jacobs, "Geometric Considerations Relating to Lateral Migration Backscatter Radiography (LMBR) as Applied to the Detection of Landmines," SPIE Proceedings on Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mine and Minelike Targets II, Vol. 3079, 384-393, Orlando, 1997.
4. E. Dugan, A. Jacobs, S. Keshavmurthy and J. Wehlburg," Lateral Migration Radiography", Research in Nondestructive Evaluation, 10, No. 2, 75-108, 1998.
5. Z. Su, J. Howley, J. Jacobs, E. Dugan, and A. Jacobs., "The Discernibility of Landmines Using Lateral Migration Radiography," SPIE Proceedings on Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mines and Minelike Targets III, Vol. 3392, 878-887, Orlando, 1998.
6. C. Wells, Z. Su, J. Moore, E. Dugan and A. Jacobs, "Lateral Migration Radiography Measured Image Signatures For The Detection and Identification of Buried Landmines," SPIE Proceedings on Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mines and Minelike Targets IV, Vol. 3710, 906-916, Orlando, FL, 1999.
7. C. Wells, Z. Su, A. Allard, S. Salazar, E. Dugan and A. Jacobs, "Suitability of Simulated Landmines for Detection Measurements Using X-ray Lateral Migration Radiography," SPIE Proceedings on Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mines and Minelike Targets V, Vol. 4038, 578-589, Orlando, 2000.
8. Z. Su, A. Jacobs, E. Dugan, J. Howley, and J. Jacobs, "Lateral Migration Radiography Application to Land Mine Detection, Confirmation and Classification," Optical Engineering, 39, No. 9, 2472-2479, 2000.