Mine action: Status of sensor technology for close-in and remote detection of antipersonnel mines

Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar, IWAGPR 2005

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 3-13

  Acheroy, M ^a  

^a ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Data fusion; Humanitarian demining; Sensor technologies

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SENSOR DATA FUSION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

DATA FUSION; HUMANITARIAN DEMINING; SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 33745151484     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AGPR.2005.1487834     Document Type: Conference Paper

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