Limitations in identifying objects from their time-domain electromagnetic induction response

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4742, Issue II, 2002, Pages 776-789

  Das, Yoga ^a   McFee, J E ^a  

^a Box 4000 Station Main   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fitting by sum of real exponentials; Landmine detection; Nonlinear fitting; Prony's Method; Target identification

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; OBJECT RECOGNITION; ORDNANCE;

LAND MINES;

MINES;

EID: 0036441226     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.479151     Document Type: Conference Paper

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