Convolutional models for buried target characterization with ground penetrating radar

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3799-3810

  Roth, Friedrich ^a   van Genderen, Piet ^b   Verhaegen, Michel ^c  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^b Delft University of Technology ^*  (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Buried object detection; Deconvolution; Electromagnetic transient scattering; Green functions; Ground penetrating radar (GPR)

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONVOLUTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADAR TARGET RECOGNITION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

BURIED OBJECT DETECTION; BURIED TARGET CHARACTERIZATION; DECONVOLUTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSIENT SCATTERING;

RADAR ANTENNAS;

EID: 28644449185     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2005.858586     Document Type: Article

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