A detailed description of the CLEARFAST system for thermal IR stand-off minefield survey is given. The system allows (i) a stand-off diurnal observation of hazardous area, (ii) detecting anomalies, i.e. locating and searching for targets which are thermally and spectrally distinct from their surroundings, (iii) estimating the physical parameters, i.e. depth and thermal diffusivity, of the detected anomalies, and (iv) providing panoramic (mosaic) images indicating the locations of suspect objects and known markers. The CLEARFAST demonstrator has been successfully deployed and operated, in November 2004, in a real minefield within the United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus. The paper describes the main principles of the system and illustrates the processing chain on a set of real minefield images, together with qualitative and quantitative results.
Cremer, F, NGUYEN Trung, T, Yang, L & Sahli, H 2005, Stand-off thermal IR minefield survey, system concept and experimental results. in RS Harmon, JT Broach & JH Holloway (eds), Proceedings of SPIE 5794, Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mine and Minelike Targets X. Proceedings of SPIE 5794, Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mine and Minelike Targets X, pp. 209-220, Finds and Results from the Swedish Cyprus Expedition: A Gender Perspective at the Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden, 21/09/09.
Cremer, F., NGUYEN Trung, T., Yang, L., & Sahli, H. (2005). Stand-off thermal IR minefield survey, system concept and experimental results. In R. S. Harmon, J. T. Broach, & J. H. Holloway (Eds.), Proceedings of SPIE 5794, Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mine and Minelike Targets X (pp. 209-220). (Proceedings of SPIE 5794, Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mine and Minelike Targets X).
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title = "Stand-off thermal IR minefield survey, system concept and experimental results",
abstract = "A detailed description of the CLEARFAST system for thermal IR stand-off minefield survey is given. The system allows (i) a stand-off diurnal observation of hazardous area, (ii) detecting anomalies, i.e. locating and searching for targets which are thermally and spectrally distinct from their surroundings, (iii) estimating the physical parameters, i.e. depth and thermal diffusivity, of the detected anomalies, and (iv) providing panoramic (mosaic) images indicating the locations of suspect objects and known markers. The CLEARFAST demonstrator has been successfully deployed and operated, in November 2004, in a real minefield within the United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus. The paper describes the main principles of the system and illustrates the processing chain on a set of real minefield images, together with qualitative and quantitative results.",
keywords = "Thermal infrared, stand-off detection, area reduction, diurnal measurements",
author = "Frank Cremer and {NGUYEN Trung}, Thanh and Lixin Yang and Hichem Sahli",
note = "R. S. Harmon, J. T. Broach, J. H. Holloway; Finds and Results from the Swedish Cyprus Expedition: A Gender Perspective at the Medelhavsmuseet ; Conference date: 21-09-2009 Through 25-09-2009",
year = "2005",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE 5794, Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mine and Minelike Targets X",
pages = "209--220",
editor = "Harmon, {R. S.} and Broach, {J. T.} and Holloway, {J. H.}",
booktitle = "Proceedings of SPIE 5794, Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mine and Minelike Targets X",
}