Performance comparison of frequency domain quadrupole and dipole electromagnetic induction sensors in a landmine detection application

Eric B. Fails; Peter A. Torrione; Waymond R. Scott Jr.; Leslie M. Collins

doi:10.1117/12.778898

29 April 2008 Performance comparison of frequency domain quadrupole and dipole electromagnetic induction sensors in a landmine detection application

Eric B. Fails, Peter A. Torrione, Waymond R. Scott Jr., Leslie M. Collins

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Proceedings Volume 6953, Detection and Sensing of Mines, Explosive Objects, and Obscured Targets XIII; 695304 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.778898
Event: SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, 2008, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

This work provides a performance comparison between two frequency-domain electromagnetic induction (EMI) sensors - one quadrupole and one dipole sensor for the detection of subsurface anti-personnel and anti-tank landmines. A summary of the physical differences between the two sensors and from those of other EMI sensors will be discussed. Previously we presented a performance analysis of the dipole sensor for a variety of detection algorithms over data collected at a government test facility indicating robust performance using the dipole sensor. The algorithms considered previously included an energy detector, matched subspace detector and a kNN probability density estimation approach over the features of a four parameter phenomenological model. The current sensor comparison will include, in addition to the previous detection methods, a Random Forests classification algorithm and utilize a larger training data set.

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Eric B. Fails, Peter A. Torrione, Waymond R. Scott Jr., and Leslie M. Collins "Performance comparison of frequency domain quadrupole and dipole electromagnetic induction sensors in a landmine detection application", Proc. SPIE 6953, Detection and Sensing of Mines, Explosive Objects, and Obscured Targets XIII, 695304 (29 April 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.778898

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