Dual sensor “ALIS “for humanitarian demining

Motoyuki Sato, Kazutaka Kikuta

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Abstract

We introduce the development and deployment of ALIS for Humanitarian Demining. ALIS is a dual sensor, which combines EMI (Electromagnetic Induction) sensor and GPR (Ground Penetrating Radar). This is a hand held sensor, equipped with position tracking system, then ALIS can acquire the EMI and GPR signal together with its position information, while it is scanned on the ground surface by an operator by hand manually. Therefore, the data can be processed using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) processing (migration) and can reconstruct 3-D subsurface image. GPR of ALIS operates at 1-3GHz, and the penetration depth of the GPR is 20- 50cm. By deploying the ALIS in Cambodia since 2009, we found that ALIS is capable for imaging buried mines, and can reduce the false alarm ratio drastically. We have detected more than 80 buried land mines in Cambodia mine fields. In 2017 we completed the advanced ALIS system, which is compact and light weight which is less than 3.1kg.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2018 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2018 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages8428-8431
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781538671504
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018 Oct 31
Event38th Annual IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2018 - Valencia, Spain
Duration: 2018 Jul 222018 Jul 27

Publication series

NameInternational Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
Volume2018-July

Conference

Conference38th Annual IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2018
Country/TerritorySpain
CityValencia
Period18/7/2218/7/27

Keywords

  • ALIS
  • Cambodia
  • Dual Sensor
  • EMI
  • GPR
  • Humanitarian Demining
  • SAR

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Science Applications
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences(all)

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