ABSTRACT
The detection of buried objects is an ongoing and important research topic in application areas such as utility location, treasure hunting, geological exploration, forensics, archeology, snow/ice cover, structural health monitoring, and landmine location. Many of the applications pertain to urban sensing. Different tools have been designed, acquisition systems developed, and detection algorithms created to address this important, wide-ranging problem. In this chapter, we discuss the important aspects of buried target detection with respect to using a ground-penetrating radar (GPR) applied to locating subterranean landmines with a system that uses compressive sensing (CS) methods. We will show the advantages of using a CS detection algorithm and the considerations that need to be taken to make this type of algorithm efficient enough to solve practical three-dimensional (3D) imaging problems.
