Context-dependent fusion for landmine detection with ground penetrating radar

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6553, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Frigui, Hichem ^a   Zhang, Lijun ^a   Gader, Paul ^b   Ho, Dominic ^c  

^a University of Louisville   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ALGORITHMS; DATA ACQUISITION; RADAR TRACKING; SOILS; WEATHER MODIFICATION;

CONTEXT DEPENDENT FUSION (CDF); GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; LANDMINE DETECTION;

MINES;

EID: 35948996611     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.722240     Document Type: Conference Paper

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