Adaptive focusing for source localization in EMI sensing of metallic objects: A preliminary assessment

Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 131-145

  Song, Lin Ping ^a   Oldenburg, Douglas W ^a   Pasion, Leonard R ^b   Billings, Stephen D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Sky Research Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC INTENSITY; ARRAY PROCESSING; COVARIANCE MATRIX; DATA PROCESSING; EDDY CURRENTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; FEATURE EXTRACTION; FOCUSING; MILITARY EQUIPMENT; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ADAPTIVE FOCUSING; CLOSED FORMS; DATA COVARIANCE MATRIXES; DATA SAMPLES; DIPOLE APPROXIMATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION SENSING; EMI SENSING; FOCUSING EFFECTS; FOCUSING TECHNIQUES; METALLIC OBJECTS; OUTPUT POWERS; PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENTS; REAL DATUMS; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIOS; SOURCE LOCALIZATIONS; SOURCE LOCATIONS; TIME WINDOWS; TRANSIENT ELECTROMAGNETIC SYSTEMS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DATA PROCESSING; DETECTION METHOD; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; METAL; NUMERICAL MODEL; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

EID: 55349147733     PISSN: 10831363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/JEEG13.3.131     Document Type: Article

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