Quantifying the benefit of airborne and ground sensor fusion for target detection

Alina Zare; Miranda Silvious; Ryan Close; Paul Gader

doi:10.1117/12.863838

29 April 2010 Quantifying the benefit of airborne and ground sensor fusion for target detection

Alina Zare, Miranda Silvious, Ryan Close, Paul Gader

Proceedings Volume 7664, Detection and Sensing of Mines, Explosive Objects, and Obscured Targets XV; 76640J (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.863838
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2010, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

In this paper, a study involving the detection of buried objects by fusing airborne Multi-Spectral Imagery (MSI) and ground-based Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) data is investigated. The benefit of using the airborne sensor to cue the GPR, which will then search the area indicated by the MSI, is investigated and compared to results obtained via a purely ground-based system. State-of-the-art existing algorithms, such as hidden Markov models will be applied to the GPR data both in queued and non-queued modes. In addition, the ability to measure disturbed earth with the GPR sensor will be investigated. Furthermore, state-of-theart algorithms for the MSI system will be described. These algorithms require very high detection rates with acceptable false alarm rates in order to serve as an acceptable system. Results will be presented on data collected at outdoor testing and evaluation sites.

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Alina Zare, Miranda Silvious, Ryan Close, and Paul Gader "Quantifying the benefit of airborne and ground sensor fusion for target detection", Proc. SPIE 7664, Detection and Sensing of Mines, Explosive Objects, and Obscured Targets XV, 76640J (29 April 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.863838

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