Sensor fusion performance gain for buried mine/UXO detection using GPR, EMI, and MAG sensors

Jay A. Marble; John G. Ackenhusen; John W. Wegrzyn; Joseph Mancuso; Chris M. Dwan

doi:10.1117/12.396235

22 August 2000 Sensor fusion performance gain for buried mine/UXO detection using GPR, EMI, and MAG sensors

Jay A. Marble, John G. Ackenhusen, John W. Wegrzyn, Joseph Mancuso, Chris M. Dwan

Proceedings Volume 4038, Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mines and Minelike Targets V; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.396235
Event: AeroSense 2000, 2000, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

In this presentation, we compare the gain in performance offered by combing the result of a ground-penetrating radar, an electromagnetic induction metal detector, and a magnetometer (MAG) against the performance offered by any one of these sensors alone on the problem of buried mine and unexploded ordnance detection. Using the community-wide DARPA background clutter data set, we characterize the single-channel performance of each of these detectors, describing the preprocessing and detection processing used for each. We then combine the sensor results, using a variety of binary decision-level Boolean methods. A performance gain was observed as a two-to-threefold reduction in the false alarm rate, operating at an 80 percent probability of detection, for 'majority voting', which was the best of the combining methods.

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Jay A. Marble, John G. Ackenhusen, John W. Wegrzyn, Joseph Mancuso, and Chris M. Dwan "Sensor fusion performance gain for buried mine/UXO detection using GPR, EMI, and MAG sensors", Proc. SPIE 4038, Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mines and Minelike Targets V, (22 August 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.396235

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