Evaluation of Thermal Viewers for Mine Detection

Abstract

A brief field evaluation of four different infrared thermal viewers was conducted using buried and surface antitank mines as viewing objects. Under the conditions which existed, buried mines were visible for about half the viewing opportunities; surface mines were almost always visible. Because of the very limited range of conditions of this brief evaluation, the results and conclusions presented here may not apply to other sets of circumstances and should not be considered general. Field of view, Clutter, Hand held viewers, Infrared, Thermal image, Thermal viewer.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA279297

Entities

People

  • Ahn Trang
  • Edmund Nawrocki
  • Harry Keller
  • Peter Ngan

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Anti-Tank Mines
  • Cloud Cover
  • Detection
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Land Mines
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Minefields
  • Night Vision
  • Surface Mines
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • Thermal Images
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Computer Vision.
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.