A multi-static ground-penetrating radar with an array of resistively-loaded vee dipole antennas for landmine detection

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5794, Issue PART I, 2005, Pages 495-506

  Kim, Kangwook ^a   Gurbuz, Ali Cafer ^a   Scott Jr , Waymond R ^a   McClellan, James H ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Back projection; Ground penetrating radar (GPR); Landmine detection; Multi static imaging; Resistively loaded vee dipole (RVD)

Indexed keywords

BACK-PROJECTION; LANDMINE DETECTION; MULTI-STATIC IMAGING; RESISTIVELY-LOADED VEE DIPOLE (RVD);

ALGORITHMS; ARRAYS; DETECTORS; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYZERS; EXPLOSIVES; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MICROWAVES; RADAR CROSS SECTION; RECEIVING ANTENNAS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS;

EID: 26844516285     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.604145     Document Type: Conference Paper

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