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Vegetation mapping for landmine detection using long-wave hyperspectral imagery

January 1, 2008

Abstract: We develop a vegetation mapping method using long-wave hyperspectral imagery and apply it to landmine detection. The novel aspect of the method is that it makes use of emissivity skewness. The main purpose of vegetation detection for mine detection is to minimize false alarms. Vegetation, such as round bushes, may be mistaken as mines […]

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Sparsity promoting iterated constrained endmember detection with integrated band selection

July 1, 2007

Abstract: An extension of the iterated constrained endmembers (ICE) that incorporates sparsity promoting priors to find the correct number of endmembers and simultaneously select informative spectral bands is presented. In addition to solving for endmembers and endmember fractional maps, this algorithm attempts to autonomously determine the number of endmembers required for a particular scene. The […]

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Sparsity promoting iterated constrained endmember detection in hyperspectral imagery

July 1, 2007

Abstract: An extension of the iterated constrained endmember (ICE) algorithm that incorporates sparsity-promoting priors to find the correct number of endmembers is presented. In addition to solving for endmembers and endmember fractional maps, this algorithm attempts to autonomously determine the number of endmembers that are required for a particular scene. The number of endmembers is […]

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SPICE: a sparsity promoting iterated constrained endmember extraction algorithm with applications to landmine detection from hyperspectral imagery

April 26, 2007

Abstract: An extension of the Iterated Constrained Endmembers (ICE) algorithm that incorporates sparsity promoting priors to find the correct number of endmembers is presented. In addition to solving for endmembers and endmember fractional maps, this algorithm attempts to autonomously determine the number of endmembers required for a particular scene. The number of endmembers is found […]

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Sensor fusion for airborne landmine detection

April 16, 2006

Abstract: Sensor fusion has become a vital research area for mine detection because of the countermine community’s conclusion that no single sensor is capable of detecting mines at the necessary detection and false alarm rates over a wide variety of operating conditions. The U. S. Army Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD) evaluates sensors […]

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