Sensor fusion in the detection of land mines

Abstract

Abstmct-A number of sensors have been identified suitable for basic detection of land mines. It seems that sensor fusion offers an improved method for an improvement in .False alarm rate without large reduction in detection probability. The paper states the internatioiial scope of the land mine infestation problem, and the range of sensors and their characteristics. A simulation of a number of sensors is in progress. This simulation will allow important decisions to be made concerning the choice of sensor and weighting algorithms.

Scale reduction in modeling landmine detection by IR thermography

“…Up to now, none of the techniques under investigation ensures the desired reliability, velocity and safety. Recent work suggests that automated detection systems will necessarily implement multiple techniques through fusion of data from different sensors (McMichael, 1996;Rennie and Inggs, 1997;Aderin and Burdh, 1998;Steinway et al, 1998;Siegel, 2002).…”

Experiments of thermographic landmine detection with reduced size and compressed time

“…Alternative techniques are being tested, but none of them provides the desired reliability, velocity and safety. Recent work suggests that automated detection systems will implement the fusion of data from different sensors [1][2][3][4][5].…”