A Novel Method for Automatic Detection of Trapped Victims by Ultrawideband Radar

Via analyzing the characteristics of life sign, a novel method of life detection based on constant false alarm ratio and clustering is proposed in this paper. The signal to noise and clutter ratio (SNCR) is greatly improved. The nonstatic clutter can be removed effectively. The good performance of t...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on geoscience and remote sensing 2012-08, Vol.50 (8), p.3132-3142
Main Authors: Xu, Yanyun, Wu, Shiyou, Chen, Chao, Chen, Jie, Fang, Guangyou
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied geophysics
Clustering
Clutter
constant false alarm rate (CFAR)
Earth sciences
Earth, ocean, space
Exact sciences and technology
Humans
Indexes
Internal geophysics
life detection
life sign
Radar antennas
Radar detection
trapped victim
Ultra wideband radar
ultrawideband (UWB) radar
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Summary:Via analyzing the characteristics of life sign, a novel method of life detection based on constant false alarm ratio and clustering is proposed in this paper. The signal to noise and clutter ratio (SNCR) is greatly improved. The nonstatic clutter can be removed effectively. The good performance of the new method is proved numerically and experimentally. The range location and frequency information of life sign can be estimated automatically and accurately in low SNCR environment.
ISSN:0196-2892
1558-0644
DOI:10.1109/TGRS.2011.2178248