An affordable humanitarian mine detector

David J. Daniels; Paul Curtis; Rajan Amin; Jon Dittmer

doi:10.1117/12.538764

21 September 2004 An affordable humanitarian mine detector

David J. Daniels, Paul Curtis, Rajan Amin, Jon Dittmer

Proceedings Volume 5415, Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mines and Minelike Targets IX; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.538764
Event: Defense and Security, 2004, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

This paper describes the further development of the MINETECT affordable humanitarian mine detector produced by ERA Technology with sponsorship from the UK Department for International Development. Using a radically different patented approach from conventional ground penetrating radar (GPR) designs in terms of the man machine interface, MINETECT offers simplicity of use and affordability, both key factors in humanitarian demining operations. Following trials in 2002 and reported at SPIE 2002, further development work including research on classifying mines, based on data from planned trials in the United Kingdom, is presented. MINETECT has the capability of detecting completely non-metallic mines and offers a considerable improvement in hand-held mine detection.

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David J. Daniels, Paul Curtis, Rajan Amin, and Jon Dittmer "An affordable humanitarian mine detector", Proc. SPIE 5415, Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mines and Minelike Targets IX, (21 September 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.538764

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