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Exploiting Temperature Dependency in the Detection of NQR Signals

Jakobsson, Andreas LU orcid ; Mossberg, Magnus ; Rowe, Michael and Smith, John A. S. (2005) 2005 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP) 4. p.653-656
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
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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
host publication
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing
volume
4
pages
653 - 656
publisher
IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
conference name
2005 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP)
conference location
Philadelphia, PA, United States
conference dates
2005-03-18 - 2005-03-23
external identifiers
  • scopus:33646769999
ISBN
0 7803 8874 7
DOI
10.1109/ICASSP.2005.1416093
language
English
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99ac4bdb-2275-4304-8af8-6b2dbe5bf099 (old id 1218687)
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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}},
  author       = {{Jakobsson, Andreas and Mossberg, Magnus and Rowe, Michael and Smith, John A. S.}},
  booktitle    = {{Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing}},
  isbn         = {{0 7803 8874 7}},
  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}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{653--656}},
  publisher    = {{IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}},
  title        = {{Exploiting Temperature Dependency in the Detection of NQR Signals}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICASSP.2005.1416093}},
  doi          = {{10.1109/ICASSP.2005.1416093}},
  volume       = {{4}},
  year         = {{2005}},
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