A comparison of algorithms for landmine detection and discrimination using ground penetrating radar

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4742, Issue II, 2002, Pages 728-735

  Tantum, Stacy L ^a   Wei, Yuchuan ^a   Munshi, Vivek S ^a   Collins, Leslie M ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Classification; GPR; Ground penetrating radar; Hough transform; Mine detection; Statistical detection

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; HOUGH TRANSFORMS; RADAR TARGET RECOGNITION;

LANDMINES;

MINES;

EID: 0036440049     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.479146     Document Type: Conference Paper

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