Radar requirements for detecting antipersonnel mines

Richard J. Chignell; H. Dabis; Nicholas Frost; S. Wilson

doi:10.1117/12.383529

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27 April 2000 Radar requirements for detecting antipersonnel mines

Richard J. Chignell, H. Dabis, Nicholas Frost, S. Wilson

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Proceedings Volume 4084, Eighth International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.383529
Event: 8th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar, 2000, Gold Coast, Australia

Abstract

The requirement for the destruction of anti-personnel mines is generating a need for much enhanced detection systems based upon GPR and other sensors. The paper considers the requirements for a vehicle based radar briefly describing the hardware and software. Early results are presented which show that 100% detection rates may be achieved but much additional work is required to reduce the false alarm rate. The paper includes work on one feature that allows targets to be recognized. This is based upon analyzing the natural resonances of the target using Prony's algorithm. In all cases real-time analysis is implemented.

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Richard J. Chignell, H. Dabis, Nicholas Frost, and S. Wilson "Radar requirements for detecting antipersonnel mines", Proc. SPIE 4084, Eighth International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar, (27 April 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.383529

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