An Integrated Approach to the Detection, Localization, and Classification of Mines

Abstract

The best mine detectors, used both in US Army countermine operations and by humanitarian demining efforts that can afford them, are based on fifty-year-old technology comparable to metal detectors used by beachcombers. There is tremendous potential for improving the reliability of mine detection using state-of-theart sensors, computer modeling, and signal processing, combined with the phenomenal recent advances in computer power. The overall goal of humanitarian demining is to use these tools to help people around the world clear hazardous land at a cost that even developing countries can afford.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 30, 2002
Accession Number
ADA572134

Entities

People

  • Carey Rappaport
  • Charles Dimarzio
  • Eric L. Miller
  • Stephen Mcknight

Organizations

  • Northeastern University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Anti-Personnel Mines
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Diffraction
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Electromagnetic Scattering
  • Health Services
  • Information Science
  • Mathematical Filters
  • Medical Personnel
  • Standing Waves
  • Statistical Algorithms
  • Two Dimensional
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.
  • Systems Analysis and Design