Detection of landmines using Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance (NQR): Signal processing to aid classification

Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines, CLAWAR 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 833-840

  Somasundaram, S D ^a   Althoefer, K ^a   Smith, J A S ^a   Seneviratne, L D ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Explosives Detection; NQR; Power Spectrum Estimation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; BOMBS (ORDNANCE); EXPLOSIVES; EXPLOSIVES DETECTION; LANDMINE DETECTION; MOBILE ROBOTS; POWER SPECTRUM; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

DETECTION SYSTEM; DETECTION TIME; LAND MINE; MAN-PORTABLE; MEASURED SIGNALS; POWER SPECTRUM ESTIMATION; ROBOT-BASED SYSTEMS; SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES;

NUCLEAR QUADRUPOLE RESONANCE;

EID: 60549113492     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-26415-9_100     Document Type: Conference Paper

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