Explosive hazard detection using MIMO forward-looking ground penetrating radar

Darren Shaw; K. C. Ho; Kevin Stone; James M. Keller; Mihail Popescu; Derek T. Anderson; Robert H. Luke III; Brian P. Burns

doi:10.1117/12.2177468

15 May 2015 Explosive hazard detection using MIMO forward-looking ground penetrating radar

Darren Shaw, K. C. Ho, Kevin Stone, James M. Keller, Mihail Popescu, Derek T. Anderson, Robert H. Luke III, Brian P. Burns

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Proceedings Volume 9454, Detection and Sensing of Mines, Explosive Objects, and Obscured Targets XX; 94540Z (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2177468
Event: SPIE Defense + Security, 2015, Baltimore, MD, United States

Abstract

This paper proposes a machine learning algorithm for subsurface object detection on multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) forward-looking ground-penetrating radar (FLGPR). By detecting hazards using FLGPR, standoff distances of up to tens of meters can be acquired, but this is at the degradation of performance due to high false alarm rates. The proposed system utilizes an anomaly detection prescreener to identify potential object locations. Alarm locations have multiple one-dimensional (ML) spectral features, two-dimensional (2D) spectral features, and log-Gabor statistic features extracted. The ability of these features to reduce the number of false alarms and increase the probability of detection is evaluated for both co-polarizations present in the Akela MIMO array. Classification is performed by a Support Vector Machine (SVM) with lane-based cross-validation for training and testing. Class imbalance and optimized SVM kernel parameters are considered during classifier training.

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Darren Shaw, K. C. Ho, Kevin Stone, James M. Keller, Mihail Popescu, Derek T. Anderson, Robert H. Luke III, and Brian P. Burns "Explosive hazard detection using MIMO forward-looking ground penetrating radar", Proc. SPIE 9454, Detection and Sensing of Mines, Explosive Objects, and Obscured Targets XX, 94540Z (15 May 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2177468

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