The classification of buried pipes from radar scans

Insight: Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 817-821

  Windsor, C ^a   Capineri, L ^b   Falorni, P ^b  

^a FRS DPhil FInstP FInstNDT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEURAL NETWORKS; OBJECT RECOGNITION; PIPE; RADAR; REFLECTION; SIGNAL ENCODING; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

AXIAL VERTICAL PIXEL; BACKGROUND SCATTERED SIGNALS; PARALLEL OBJECTS;

NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

EID: 0346780258     PISSN: 13542575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1784/insi.45.12.817.52978     Document Type: Article

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