Sensor fusion for buried explosive threat detection for handheld data

Mary Knox; Colin Rundel; Leslie Collins

doi:10.1117/12.2263013

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3 May 2017 Sensor fusion for buried explosive threat detection for handheld data

Mary Knox, Colin Rundel, Leslie Collins

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Proceedings Volume 10182, Detection and Sensing of Mines, Explosive Objects, and Obscured Targets XXII; 101820D (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2263013
Event: SPIE Defense + Security, 2017, Anaheim, California, United States

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Data from multiple sensors has been collected using a handheld system, and includes precise location information. These sensors include ground penetrating radar (GPR) and electromagnetic induction (EMI) sensors. The performance of these sensors on different mine-types varies considerably. For example, the EMI sensor is effective at locating relatively small mines with metal while the GPR sensor is able to easily detect large plastic mines. In this work, we train linear (logistic regression) and non-linear (gradient boosting decision trees) methods on the EMI and GPR data in order to improve buried explosive threat detection performance.

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Mary Knox, Colin Rundel, and Leslie Collins "Sensor fusion for buried explosive threat detection for handheld data", Proc. SPIE 10182, Detection and Sensing of Mines, Explosive Objects, and Obscured Targets XXII, 101820D (3 May 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2263013

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