An abrupt change detection algorithm for buried landmines localization

Ground-penetrating radars (GPRs) are very promising sensors for landmine detection as they are capable of detecting landmines with low metal contents. GPRs deliver so-called Bscan data which are, roughly, vertical slice images of the ground. However, due to the high dielectric permittivity contrast at the air-ground interface, a strong response is recorded at early time by GPRs. This response is the main component of the so-called clutter noise and it blurs the responses of landmines buried at shallow depths. The landmine detection task is therefore quite difficult. This paper proposes a new method for automated detection and localization of buried objects from Bscan records. A support vector machine algorithm for online abrupt change detection is implemented and proves to be efficient in detecting buried landmines from Bscan data. The proposed procedure performance is evaluated using simulated and real data.

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