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A Comparative Study of Landmine Detection Techniques

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Several countries suffer from the existence of millions of buried landmines in their territories. These landmines have indefinite life, and may still cause horrific personal injuries and economic dislocation for decades after a war has finished. Therefore, there is a growing demand by these countries for reliable landmine inspection systems. There are several landmine detection techniques that can be used for this purpose. Each technique is suitable for detection under some conditions depending on the type of the landmine case, the explosive material, and the soil. This paper presents an overview of some of the existing landmine detection techniques. These techniques are briefly described and their merits and drawbacks are highlighted and compared. The purpose of this comparison is to shows the ideal conditions and the challenges for each technique. Furthermore, a comparison between landmine detection techniques from the points of view of cost, complexity, speed, safety, false alarm rate and effect of environmental conditions is presented.

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  1. Engineering Department, Nuclear Research Center, Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, Egypt

    H. Kasban & Sayed M. Elaraby

  2. Department of Electronics and Electrical Communications, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Menoufia University, Menouf, 32952, Egypt

    O. Zahran, M. El-Kordy & F. E. Abd El-Samie

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Kasban, H., Zahran, O., Elaraby, S.M. et al. A Comparative Study of Landmine Detection Techniques. Sens Imaging 11, 89–112 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11220-010-0054-x

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