Multimode electromagnetic target discriminator: preliminary data results

Christopher J. Black; Ian T. McMichael; Carl V. Nelson

doi:10.1117/12.565912

21 September 2004 Multimode electromagnetic target discriminator: preliminary data results

Christopher J. Black, Ian T. McMichael, Carl V. Nelson

Proceedings Volume 5415, Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mines and Minelike Targets IX; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.565912
Event: Defense and Security, 2004, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

This paper describes the Multi-mode Electromagnetic Target Discriminator (METD) sensor and presents preliminary results from recent field experiments. The METD sensor was developed for the US Army RDECOM NVESD by The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. The METD, based on the technology of the previously developed Electromagnetic Target Discriminator (ETD), is a spatial scanning electromagnetic induction (EMI) sensor that uses both the time-domain (TD) and the frequency-domain (FD) for target detection and classification. Data is collected with a custom data acquisition system and wirelessly transmitted to a base computer. We show that the METD has a high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), the ability to detect voids created by plastic anti-tank (AT) mines, and is practical for near real-time data processing.

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Christopher J. Black, Ian T. McMichael, and Carl V. Nelson "Multimode electromagnetic target discriminator: preliminary data results", Proc. SPIE 5415, Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mines and Minelike Targets IX, (21 September 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.565912

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