eprintid: 124
rev_number: 4
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datestamp: 2008-01-24
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type: report
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creators_name: Budd, Chris
creators_name: Stockie, John
contributors_name: Jessop, Chris
contributors_name: Kavousian, Shabnam
contributors_name: Lamoureux, Michael
contributors_name: Madden, Joshua
contributors_name: Nyland, Edo
contributors_name: Rout, Bruce
contributors_name: Salauskas, Arunas
contributors_name: Saunders, David
contributors_name: Vetter, Bill
contributors_name: Tomoda, Satoshi
title: Tripwire Detection for Landmines
ispublished: pub
subjects: aerodef
studygroups: ipsw2
companyname: ITRES Research Limited
full_text_status: public
abstract: Pre-processed Radon transform-based detection methods were identified as the most viable technique. There are some issues that arose when testing the various methods. A) The 'log' edge detection in Matlab seemed better than the default 'sobel' method, but is still worth considering other edge detection algorithms that might deal more effectively with noisy or grainy image. B) The algorithm works best when the wire is horizontal and spans the length of the image. If constrained to thin-strip type images then a simple solution is to run the algorithm twice, once with the image and a second time with the same image rotated through 45 degrees.
problem_statement: Canada is a global leader in the decommissioning of land mines. ITRES is working with the Defense Research Establishment Suffield to develop techniques for visually recognizing trip-wires from images. The problem is to do this in real-time.
date: 1998-06-05
date_type: published
citation:   Budd, Chris and Stockie, John  (1998) Tripwire Detection for Landmines.  [Study Group Report]     
document_url: http://miis.maths.ox.ac.uk/miis/124/1/itres.pdf