Comparison of predetection and postdetection fusion for mine detection

Ajith H. Gunatilaka; Brian A. Baertlein

doi:10.1117/12.357000

2 August 1999 Comparison of predetection and postdetection fusion for mine detection

Ajith H. Gunatilaka, Brian A. Baertlein

Proceedings Volume 3710, Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mines and Minelike Targets IV; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.357000
Event: AeroSense '99, 1999, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

We present and compare methods for pre-detection and post- detection fusion of multi-sensor data. This study emphasis methods suitable for data that are non-commensurate and sampled at non-coincident points. Decision-level fusion is most convenient for such data, but this approach is sub- optimal in principle, since targets not detected by all sensor will not achieve the maximum benefits of fusion. A novel feature-level fusion algorithm for these conditions is described. The optimal forms of both decision-level and feature-level fusion are described, and some approximations are reviewed. Preliminary result for these two fusion techniques are presented for experimental data acquired by a metal detector, a ground-penetrating radar, and an IR camera.

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Ajith H. Gunatilaka and Brian A. Baertlein "Comparison of predetection and postdetection fusion for mine detection", Proc. SPIE 3710, Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mines and Minelike Targets IV, (2 August 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.357000

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