DocumentCode
384342
Title
Pattern recognition for humanitarian de-mining
Author
Gader, Paul D.
Volume
2
fYear
2002
fDate
2002
Firstpage
521
Abstract
Landmine detection has become a humanitarian problem of great magnitude. It is estimated that there are between 60 and 100 million landmines buried around the world and that someone is killed or injured by landmines every 20 minutes. Pattern recognition problems in this area are discussed. A brief overview of sensors used to collect data is given. Current pattern recognition methodologies in use are described. Future challenges are outlined.
Keywords
ground penetrating radar; image sensors; landmine detection; pattern recognition; radar imaging; Ground Penetrating Radar sensors; humanitarian de-mining; image sensors; landmine detection; pattern recognition; radar imaging; Detectors; Frequency domain analysis; Ground penetrating radar; Landmine detection; Magnetic sensors; Pattern recognition; Plastics; Sensor arrays; Sensor systems; Vehicles;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Pattern Recognition, 2002. Proceedings. 16th International Conference on
ISSN
1051-4651
Print_ISBN
0-7695-1695-X
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICPR.2002.1048353
Filename
1048353
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