Alternatives for landmine detection / Jacqueline MacDonald Gibson [et al.]

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

MacDonald, Jacqueline.

Contributor:

Lockwood, J. R.

Rand Corporation.

Science and Technology Policy Institute (Rand Corporation)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Explosives--Detection.

Explosives.

Land mines--Detection.

Land mines.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxx, 336 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An analysis of the benefits and drawbacks of new technologies in landmine detection. The authors offer solutions for improving and speeding up the process, suggesting that the federal government undertake to develop a multisensor mine detection system over a five-to-eight-year period.

Contents:

Preliminaries; INTRODUCTION; INNOVATIVE MINE DETECTION SYSTEMS; MULTISENSOR SYSTEM TO IMPROVE MINE DETECTION CAPABILITY; REFERENCES; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION (PAPER I); ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION (PAPER II); INFRARED/HYPERSPECTRAL METHODS (PAPER I); INFRARED/HYPERSPECTRAL METHODS (PAPER II); GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR (PAPER I); GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR (PAPER II); ACOUSTIC/SEISMIC METHODS (PAPER I); ACOUSTIC/SEISMIC METHODS (PAPER II); ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR QUADRUPOLE RESONANCE (PAPER I); NUCLEAR QUADRUPOLE RESONANCE (PAPER II); X-RAY BACKSCATTER (PAPER I)

X-RAY BACKSCATTER (PAPER II)NEUTRON TECHNOLOGIES (PAPER I); NEUTRON TECHNOLOGIES (PAPER II); ELECTROCHEMICAL METHODS (PAPER I); ELECTROCHEMICAL METHODS (PAPER II); BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS (PAPER I); BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS (PAPER II); CANINE-ASSISTED DETECTION; SIGNAL-PROCESSING AND SENSOR FUSION METHODS (PAPER I); SIGNAL-PROCESSING AND SENSOR FUSION METHODS (PAPER II); CONTACT METHODS

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ISBN:

9781598750416

1598750410

OCLC:

191037620