Automatic Data Processing Procedure for Ground Probing Radar
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We developed an automatic data processing algorithm for a ground-probing radar which is essential in analyzing a large amount of data by a non-expert. Its aim is to obtain an optimum result that the conventional technique can give, without the assistance of an experienced operator. The algorithm is general except that it postulates the existence of at least one isolated target in the radar image. The raw images of underground objects are compressed in the vertical and the horizontal directions by using a pulse-compression filter and the aperture synthesis technique, respectively. The test function needed to configure the compression filter is automatically selected from the given image. The sensitivity of the compression filter is adjusted to minimize the magnitude of spurious responses. The propagation velocity needed to perform the aperture synthesis is determined by fitting a hyperbola to the selected echo trace. We verified the algorithm by applying it to the data obtained at two test sites with different magnitude of clutter echoes.
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- IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications Vol.E77-B No.6 pp.831-837
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- 1994/06/25
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Toru SATO, Kenya TAKADA, Toshio WAKAYAMA, Iwane KIMURA, Tomoyuki ABE, Tetsuya SHINBO, "Automatic Data Processing Procedure for Ground Probing Radar" in IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications,
vol. E77-B, no. 6, pp. 831-837, June 1994, doi: .
Abstract: We developed an automatic data processing algorithm for a ground-probing radar which is essential in analyzing a large amount of data by a non-expert. Its aim is to obtain an optimum result that the conventional technique can give, without the assistance of an experienced operator. The algorithm is general except that it postulates the existence of at least one isolated target in the radar image. The raw images of underground objects are compressed in the vertical and the horizontal directions by using a pulse-compression filter and the aperture synthesis technique, respectively. The test function needed to configure the compression filter is automatically selected from the given image. The sensitivity of the compression filter is adjusted to minimize the magnitude of spurious responses. The propagation velocity needed to perform the aperture synthesis is determined by fitting a hyperbola to the selected echo trace. We verified the algorithm by applying it to the data obtained at two test sites with different magnitude of clutter echoes.
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TI - Automatic Data Processing Procedure for Ground Probing Radar
T2 - IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications
SP - 831
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AU - Toru SATO
AU - Kenya TAKADA
AU - Toshio WAKAYAMA
AU - Iwane KIMURA
AU - Tomoyuki ABE
AU - Tetsuya SHINBO
PY - 1994
DO -
JO - IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications
SN -
VL - E77-B
IS - 6
JA - IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications
Y1 - June 1994
AB - We developed an automatic data processing algorithm for a ground-probing radar which is essential in analyzing a large amount of data by a non-expert. Its aim is to obtain an optimum result that the conventional technique can give, without the assistance of an experienced operator. The algorithm is general except that it postulates the existence of at least one isolated target in the radar image. The raw images of underground objects are compressed in the vertical and the horizontal directions by using a pulse-compression filter and the aperture synthesis technique, respectively. The test function needed to configure the compression filter is automatically selected from the given image. The sensitivity of the compression filter is adjusted to minimize the magnitude of spurious responses. The propagation velocity needed to perform the aperture synthesis is determined by fitting a hyperbola to the selected echo trace. We verified the algorithm by applying it to the data obtained at two test sites with different magnitude of clutter echoes.
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