Characterization of the Internal Structure of Landmines Using Ground-Penetrating Radar

One of the principal limitations employing a ground-penetrating radar (GPR) for landmine detection is presence clutter, i.e., reflections from surrounding environment, which might interfere with echoes. Clutter presents similar scattering characteristics as typical targets and may significantly raise threshold system. The capability to characterize internal structure buried target provide key unique information develop advanced landmine-clutter discrimination algorithms, considering that components can be univocally associated man-made targets. In this letter, possibility identifying characterizing these contributions GPR signature numerically assessed experimentally validated. simulated response landmine-like shows an generates additional reflection peaks, consequence layered object, field trials corroborate it possible identify delineate their spatial distribution.