Advanced Image Processing Techniques for the Discrimination of Buried Objects
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Advanced Image Processing Techniques for the Discrimination of Buried ObjectsAbstract
A numerical study for the electromagnetic detection of buried objects is presented. The whole GPR set-up is simulated through an integral formulation solved by means of the Method of Moments and a new discrimination process based on the 2D-Wavelet decomposition of computed electric field maps is proposed. The new wavelet methodology proves to be an effective tool for discrimination even in presence of noise.
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