Buried Target Detection using a 3-band LWIR Airborne Sensor
Abstract
The comprehensive approach, using both spectral and spatial features, VBGMM for image segmentation to find ROIs, and RVM to classify ROIs that are targets works far better than the windowed RX detector alone in detecting buried targets. Pressure plates are the target best detected, and the 155 rounds are the most difficult to detect. GMMRX as a feature used in the comprehensive approach performs best at higher probability of detection levels, particularly when restricting the search zone only to the road. In a setting where targets are placed within a more heterogeneous background (i.e., off road or side of road), the RX feature would likely miss many more targets than GMMRX, providing a clear advantage in using GMMRX.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 11, 2010
- Accession Number
- ADA519504
Entities
People
- Levi Kennedy
Organizations
- Signal Innovations Group, Inc.