Classification of buried objects based on ground-penetrating radar measurements and multiple test procedures

Hakan O. Brunzell

doi:10.1117/12.365724

15 October 1999 Classification of buried objects based on ground-penetrating radar measurements and multiple test procedures

Hakan O. Brunzell

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Proceedings Volume 3752, Subsurface Sensors and Applications; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.365724
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1999, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

This paper describes how Multiple Test Procedures (MTP) can be used to achieve control over the false alarm rate in a landmine detection system. The system is based on an impulse radar to detect objects buried underground. An impulse radar combined with a detector can detect both metallic and non- metallic objects. To be able to distinguish mines from nuisance objects the detector can be followed by a classifier. One drawback with this setting is that it is very difficult to control the false alarm rate of the complete detector/classifier system. The use of MTPs is a systematic way to control the false alarm rate.

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Hakan O. Brunzell "Classification of buried objects based on ground-penetrating radar measurements and multiple test procedures", Proc. SPIE 3752, Subsurface Sensors and Applications, (15 October 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.365724

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