Exploiting Temperature Dependency in the Detection of NQR Signals

Andreas Jakobsson, Magnus Mossberg, Michael Rowe, John A. S. Smith

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Abstract

Nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) offers an unequivocal method of detecting and identifying land mines. Unfortunately, the practical use of NQR is restricted by the low signal to noise ratio (SNR), and means to improve the SNR are vital to enable a rapid, reliable and convenient system. In this paper, we develop a non-linear least squares detector exploiting the temperature dependency of the NQR frequencies as a way to enhance the SNR. Numerical simulations on both synthetic and real measured data indicate an excellent performance of the method
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing
PublisherIEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages653-656
Volume4
ISBN (Print)0 7803 8874 7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2005
Externally publishedYes
Event2005 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP) - Philadelphia, PA, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Duration: 2005 Mar 182005 Mar 23

Publication series

Name
Volume4

Conference

Conference2005 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP)
Abbreviated titleICASSP '05
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityPhiladelphia, PA
Period2005/03/182005/03/23

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Probability Theory and Statistics

Free keywords

  • landmine detection
  • least squares approximations
  • nuclear quadrupole resonance
  • signal detection
  • NQR signal temperature dependency
  • NQR signal detection
  • land mine detection
  • land mine identification
  • explosives detection
  • SNR enhancement
  • nonlinear least squares detector

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