Dual-band, infrared buried mine detection using a statistical pattern recognition approach

Technical Report · Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10182952· OSTI ID:10182952

Buhl, M R; Hernandez, J E; Clark, G A; Sengupta, S K

The main objective of this work was to detect surrogate land mines, which were buried in clay and sand, using dual-band, infrared images. A statistical pattern recognition approach was used to achieve this objective. This approach is discussed and results of applying it to real images are given.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 10182952
• Report Number(s): UCRL-ID-114838; ON: DE93041279
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Aug 1993
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY
METALS
UNDERGROUND
CLAYS
SAND
IMAGE PROCESSING
PATTERN RECOGNITION
IMAGES
EMISSIVITY
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