Preliminary study of detection of buried landmines using a programmable hyperspectral imager

John E. McFee; Herb T. Ripley; Roger Buxton; Andrew M. Thriscutt

doi:10.1117/12.241250

31 May 1996 Preliminary study of detection of buried landmines using a programmable hyperspectral imager

John E. McFee, Herb T. Ripley, Roger Buxton, Andrew M. Thriscutt

Proceedings Volume 2765, Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mines and Minelike Targets; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.241250
Event: Aerospace/Defense Sensing and Controls, 1996, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Experiments were conducted to determine if buried mines could be detected by measuring the change in reflectance spectra of vegetation above mine burial sites. Mines were laid using hand methods and simulated mechanical methods and spectral images were obtained over a three month period using a casi hyperspectral imager scanned from a personnel lift. Mines were not detectable by measurement of the shift of the red edge of vegetative spectra. By calculating the linear correlation coefficient image, some mines in light vegetative cover (grass, grass/blueberries) were apparently detected, but mines buried in heavy vegetation cover (deep ferns) were not detectable. Due to problems with ground truthing, accurate probabilities of detection and false alarm rates were not obtained.

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John E. McFee, Herb T. Ripley, Roger Buxton, and Andrew M. Thriscutt "Preliminary study of detection of buried landmines using a programmable hyperspectral imager", Proc. SPIE 2765, Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mines and Minelike Targets, (31 May 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.241250

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