Detection and discrimination of land mines in ground-penetrating radar based on edge histogram descriptors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6217 II, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Frigui, Hichem ^a   Gader, Paul ^b  

^a University of Louisville   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; FUZZY SETS; HISTOLOGY; MINES; SOILS;

HISTOGRAM DESCRIPTORS; K-NEAREST NEIGHBORS (K-NN); LAND MINES;

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS;

EID: 33747347187     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.669335     Document Type: Conference Paper

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