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How transferable are downward-looking and handheld ground penetrating radar data? Experiments in the context of buried threat detection

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Stump, E; Reichman, D; Collins, LM; Malof, JM
Published in: Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
January 1, 2019

In this work we consider the problem of developing algorithms for the automatic detection of buried threats using handheld Ground Penetrating Radar (HH-GPR) data. The development of algorithms for HH-GPR is relatively nascent compared to algorithm development efforts for larger downward-looking GPR (DL-GPR) systems. One of the biggest bottlenecks for the development of algorithms is the relative scarcity of labeled HH-GPR data that can be used for development. Given the similarities between DL-GPR data and HH-GPR data however, we hypothesized that it may be possible to utilize DL-GPR data to support the development of algorithms for HH-GPR. In this work we assess the detection performance of a HH-GPR-based BTD algorithm as we vary the amounts and characteristics of the DL-GPR data included in the development of HH-GPR detection algorithms. The results indicate that supplementing HH-GPR data with DL-GPR does improve performance, especially when including data collected over buried threat locations.

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Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

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EISSN

1996-756X

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0277-786X

ISBN

9781510626898

Publication Date

January 1, 2019

Volume

11012

Related Subject Headings

  • 5102 Atomic, molecular and optical physics
  • 4009 Electronics, sensors and digital hardware
  • 4006 Communications engineering
 

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Stump, E., Reichman, D., Collins, L. M., & Malof, J. M. (2019). How transferable are downward-looking and handheld ground penetrating radar data? Experiments in the context of buried threat detection. In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering (Vol. 11012). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2519969
Stump, E., D. Reichman, L. M. Collins, and J. M. Malof. “How transferable are downward-looking and handheld ground penetrating radar data? Experiments in the context of buried threat detection.” In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Vol. 11012, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2519969.
Stump E, Reichman D, Collins LM, Malof JM. How transferable are downward-looking and handheld ground penetrating radar data? Experiments in the context of buried threat detection. In: Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 2019.
Stump, E., et al. “How transferable are downward-looking and handheld ground penetrating radar data? Experiments in the context of buried threat detection.” Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 11012, 2019. Scopus, doi:10.1117/12.2519969.
Stump E, Reichman D, Collins LM, Malof JM. How transferable are downward-looking and handheld ground penetrating radar data? Experiments in the context of buried threat detection. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 2019.

Published In

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

DOI

EISSN

1996-756X

ISSN

0277-786X

ISBN

9781510626898

Publication Date

January 1, 2019

Volume

11012

Related Subject Headings

  • 5102 Atomic, molecular and optical physics
  • 4009 Electronics, sensors and digital hardware
  • 4006 Communications engineering