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GroundâPenetrating Radar for Closeâin Mine Detection
In this chapter, two of the major challenges in the application of groundâpenetrating radar in humanitarian demining operations are addressed: (i) development and testing of affordable and practical ground penetrating radar (GPR)âbased systems, which can be used offâground and (ii) development of robust signal processing techniques for landmines detection and identification. Different approaches developed at the Royal Military Academy in order to demonstrate the possibility of enhancing closeârange landmine detection and identification using groundâpenetrating radar under laboratory and outdoor conditions are summarized here. Data acquired using different affordable and practical GPRâbased systems are used to validate a number of promising developments in signal processing techniques for target detection and identification. The proposed approaches have been validated with success in laboratory and outdoor conditions and for different scenarios, including antipersonnel, lowâmetal content landmines, improvised explosive devices and real mineâaffected soils
The Special Case of Sea Mines
In this chapter, work carried out at the Royal Military Academy regarding sea mines and mine countermeasures is summarized. Three sensors used for the detection and identification of sea mines are studied here: sonar, gradiometer and infrared camera. These sensors can be applied to detect different types of sea mines. Some signal and image processing techniques developed to extract relevant information for the detection of underwater objects are presented in this chapter. These techniques are validated using data collected in the frame of different European and NATO projects