Modeling and Signal Processing

SERDP and ESTCP efforts focus on developing new capabilities to analyze data from standard and advanced geophysical sensors.

Completed Projects List
Project Title Completed

Model-Based Data Fusion and Discrimination of UXO in Magnetometry and EM Surveys

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1092
SERDP Oct 1999

Detection and Classification of Buried Metallic Objects

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Project ID: MR-1174
SERDP Oct 2000

Electromagnetic Induction and Magnetic Sensor Fusion for Enhanced UXO Target Classification

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Project ID: MR-199812
ESTCP Oct 2001

SAR/GPR Matched Filter Processing for UXO Discrimination

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1173
Principal Investigator: Dr. George Moussally, Mirage Systems
SERDP Dec 2001

Processing Techniques for Discrimination Between Buried Unexploded Ordnance and Clutter Using Multisensor Array Data

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Project ID: MR-1121
Principal Investigator: Dr. Thomas Bell, SAIC
SERDP Apr 2002

UXO Data Analysis

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Project ID: MR-1216
Principal Investigator: Mr. Carl Nelson, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab
SERDP Apr 2002

UXO Discrimination by Mid- Frequency Electromagnetic Induction

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Project ID: MR-1122
Principal Investigator: Dr. Kevin O'Neill, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)
SERDP Nov 2002

Statistical Signal Processing with Physics-Based Models: Multi-Sensor UXO Detection and Identification

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Project ID: MR-1123
Principal Investigator: Prof. Leslie Collins, Duke University
SERDP Dec 2002

EM61-3D Discrimination of UXO Using Empirical, Analytical, and Numerical Models

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Project ID: MR-1215
Principal Investigator: Dr. Robert Grimm, Southwest Research Institute
SERDP Dec 2002

A Unified Approach to the Processing and Fusion of Time and Frequency Domain EMI Data for UXO Discrimination

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Project ID: MR-1217
Principal Investigator: Dr. Eric Miller, Northeastern University
SERDP Jan 2003

Matched Filter Processor for Detection and Discrimination of Unexploded Ordnance

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Project ID: MR-199918
Principal Investigator: Dr. Thomas Bell, SAIC
ESTCP Jan 2003

Improving UXO/Clutter Discrimination Performance Through Adaptive Processing

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Project ID: MR-1287
Principal Investigator: Dr. Thomas Bell, SAIC
SERDP Jun 2003

Evaluating the Effects of Magnetic Susceptibility in UXO Discrimination Problems

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Project ID: MR-1285
Principal Investigator: Dr. Yaoguo Li, Colorado School of Mines
SERDP Aug 2003

Application of Wavelets for Detection and Discrimination of UXO

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Project ID: MR-1284
Principal Investigator: Dr. Brian Damiano, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
SERDP Aug 2003

Geonics EM-63 Multi-Channel Electromagnetic (EM) Data Processing Algorithms for Target Location and Ordnance Discrimination

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Project ID: MR-200035
Principal Investigator: Dr. G. Hunter Ware, Geophysical Associates
ESTCP Oct 2003

Three-Dimensional Geophysical Data Collection and Analysis for UXO Discrimination

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Project ID: MR-1357
Principal Investigator: Mr. T. Jeffrey Gamey, Battelle
SERDP Jun 2004

Use of Shape Representation and Similarity in Classification of UXO in Magnetometry Data

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Project ID: MR-1354
Principal Investigator: Dr. Jim McDonald, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
SERDP Oct 2004

Reducing False Alarms: The Physics of Scrap Discrimination for Magnetic Data

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Project ID: MR-1356
Principal Investigator: Dr. David Lieblich, SIV Technologies Inc.
SERDP Nov 2004

Detection and Classification of Buried Metallic Objects

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Project ID: MR-1225
Principal Investigator: Prof. Huntly Morrison, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
SERDP Mar 2005

UXO Target Detection and Discrimination with Electromagnetic Differential Illumination

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1355
Principal Investigator: Dr. Jack Foley Ph.D., Sky Research, Inc.
SERDP Jun 2005