Feature extraction from GPR data for identification of landmine-like objects under rough ground surface

Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1577-1586

  Nishimoto, M ^a   Ueno, S ^a   Kimura, Y ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PERMITTIVITY; RADAR; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR (GPR); GROUND SURFACE; LANDMINES;

FEATURE EXTRACTION;

EID: 33746491547     PISSN: 09205071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156939306779292318     Document Type: Article

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