A data pair-labeled generalized hough transform for radar location of buried objects

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 124-127

  Windsor, C G ^a   Capineri, L ^b   Falorni, P ^b  

^a University of Florence ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Buried pipes; diameter measurement; generalized Hough transform; ground penetrating radar

Indexed keywords

BURIED PIPES; DIAMETER MEASUREMENT; GENERALIZED HOUGH TRANSFORM; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; LEAST-SQUARES ALGORITHMS; OBJECT POSITIONS; RADAR LOCATIONS; REFLECTED SIGNAL;

BINS; TRACKING (POSITION);

RADAR;

EID: 84888291005     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2013.2248119     Document Type: Article

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