Target signature localization in GPR data by jointly estimating and matching templates

Daniël Reichman; Kenneth D. Morton Jr.; Jordan M. Malof; Leslie M. Collins; Peter A. Torrione

doi:10.1117/12.2176627

21 May 2015 Target signature localization in GPR data by jointly estimating and matching templates

Daniël Reichman, Kenneth D. Morton Jr., Jordan M. Malof, Leslie M. Collins, Peter A. Torrione

Proceedings Volume 9454, Detection and Sensing of Mines, Explosive Objects, and Obscured Targets XX; 945416 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2176627
Event: SPIE Defense + Security, 2015, Baltimore, MD, United States

Abstract

Buried threat detection algorithms in Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) measurements often utilize a statistical classifier to model target responses. There are many different target types with distinct responses and all are buried in a wide range of conditions that distort the target signature. Robust performance of this classifier requires it to learn the distinct responses of target types while accounting for the variability due to the physics of the emplacement. In this work, a method to reduce certain sources of excess variation is presented that enables a linear classifier to learn distinct templates for each target type’s response despite the operational variability. The different target subpopulations are represented by a Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM). Training the GMM requires jointly extracting the patches around target responses as well as learning the statistical parameters as neither are known a priori. The GMM parameters and the choice of patches are determined by variational Bayesian methods. The proposed method allows for patches to be extracted from a larger data-block that only contain the target response. The patches extracted from this method improve the ROC for distinguishing targets from background clutter compared to the patches extracted using other patch extraction methods aiming to reduce the operational variability.

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Daniël Reichman, Kenneth D. Morton Jr., Jordan M. Malof, Leslie M. Collins, and Peter A. Torrione "Target signature localization in GPR data by jointly estimating and matching templates", Proc. SPIE 9454, Detection and Sensing of Mines, Explosive Objects, and Obscured Targets XX, 945416 (21 May 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2176627

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