Improving detection of buried land mines through sensor fusion

Brian A. Baertlein; Ajith H. Gunatilaka

doi:10.1117/12.324163

4 September 1998 Improving detection of buried land mines through sensor fusion

Brian A. Baertlein, Ajith H. Gunatilaka

Proceedings Volume 3392, Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mines and Minelike Targets III; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.324163
Event: Aerospace/Defense Sensing and Controls, 1998, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

A sensor-fused system is being developed for detection of buried land mines. The system uses a ground-penetrating radar, an infrared camera, and an electromagnetic induction sensor. In the current implementation each sensor is used independently, and fusion is performed during post-processing. We briefly describe the sensors and a data collection involving buried mine surrogates. Algorithms for preprocessing and feature extraction are reviewed. To deal with non- coincident sampling we have developed a new feature-level fusion algorithm, which does not require detection and subsequent association of putative targets. Results are presented for fusion of simulated data.

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Brian A. Baertlein and Ajith H. Gunatilaka "Improving detection of buried land mines through sensor fusion", Proc. SPIE 3392, Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mines and Minelike Targets III, (4 September 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.324163

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