Time-reverse imaging for detection of landmines

Mubashir Alam; James H. McClellan; Pelham D. Norville; Waymond R. Scott Jr.

doi:10.1117/12.542686

21 September 2004 Time-reverse imaging for detection of landmines

Mubashir Alam, James H. McClellan, Pelham D. Norville, Waymond R. Scott Jr.

Proceedings Volume 5415, Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mines and Minelike Targets IX; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.542686
Event: Defense and Security, 2004, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

Time Reversal is based on the fact that most physical laws of nature are invariant for time reversal, i.e., when time t is replaced by -t, most physical laws remain unchanged. Physically this means that by time reversing, a particle will retrace its original path or trajectory. Based on this fact, systems were built which receive reflections or scattering from targets. If this reflected data is recorded, time reversed and launched into the medium again, it will focus back on the targets. This is the basis for experimental time reversal. Time reverse imaging is somewhat different in the sense that scattering from targets are recorded on the sensors, but then back propagated numerically. Narrow-band or single frequency MUSIC based time-reverse imaging algorithms have been proposed in literature for point-like targets. When this algorithm is applied to scattering from an extended target, such as a landmine, the image has good cross-range resolution, but rather poor range resolution. We propose the use of 2-D MUSIC-based algorithm to improve the near-field range resolution, which can then be used in conjunction with single frequency MUSIC to produce a final high-resolution image. A FDTD elastic-wave simulation is used to verify the results using mines and mine-like targets embedded in a heterogenous soil.

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Mubashir Alam, James H. McClellan, Pelham D. Norville, and Waymond R. Scott Jr. "Time-reverse imaging for detection of landmines", Proc. SPIE 5415, Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mines and Minelike Targets IX, (21 September 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.542686

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