Radius estimation for cylindrical objects detected by ground penetrating radar

被引：118

作者：

Shihab S. ^{[1
]}

Al-Nuaimy W. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3GJ, Brownlow Hill

来源：

Subsurface Sensing Technologies and Applications | 2005年 / 6卷 / 2期

基金：

英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;

关键词：

Curve fitting; Cylindrical target; GPR; Pattern recognition; Radius estimation;

D O I：

10.1007/s11220-005-0004-1

中图分类号：

学科分类号：

摘要：

In this paper, a model is presented for the hyperbolic signature of a buried cylindrical target that takes into account the radius of the cylinder, This allows for cylinders of arbitrary radii to be detected and characterized uniquely from a single radargram, resulting in a more accurate estimation of the relative permittivity of the surrounding medium and of the depth, in addition to the radius information. This is achieved by subjecting the radargrams to a series of image processing stages followed by a curve-fitting procedure specifically developed for hyperbolae. The fitting technique is applied on a variety of real hyperbolic signatures that are collected from a controlled test site, The results indicate this technique is fully capable of successfully estimating the depth and radius to within 10%, which validates the method and justify the assumptions used. © 2005 Springer Science+Business Media, Inc.

引用

页码：151 / 166

页数：15

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