Progress in GPR for mine detection

David J. Daniels; C. Martel; Michael Philippakis

doi:10.1117/12.383571

27 April 2000 Progress in GPR for mine detection

David J. Daniels, C. Martel, Michael Philippakis

Proceedings Volume 4084, Eighth International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.383571
Event: 8th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar, 2000, Gold Coast, Australia

Abstract

Much attention is being given to the challenge of detecting buried non-metallic mines and National and International programs are underway to develop more effective detection and clearance systems. Conventional metal detectors respond to the metal content of a mine, hence the minimum metal or plastic mine remains largely undetectable by current technology, particularly in areas where battlefield debris and shrapnel cause a high false alarm rate. Ground Probing Radar (GPR) offers useful performance improvements in these situations and used in conjunction with metal detector arrays can result in an improved fused performance in terms of increased signal to clutter ratio. This paper considers several aspects of the performance of GPR systems, in particular the antenna elements and arrays of antennas. Examples of the radar images of mines and the factors that influence image quality are presented.

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David J. Daniels, C. Martel, and Michael Philippakis "Progress in GPR for mine detection", Proc. SPIE 4084, Eighth International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar, (27 April 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.383571

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