Unmanned aerial vehicle-based ground-penetrating radar systems: A review

YA Lopez, M Garcia-Fernandez… - … and Remote Sensing …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Advances in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology have fostered its use in a wide
range of areas, such as agriculture and forestry, surveillance and security, and infrastructure …

Synthetic aperture radar imaging system for landmine detection using a ground penetrating radar on board a unmanned aerial vehicle

MG Fernández, YÁ López, AA Arboleya… - IEEE …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a novel system to obtain images from the underground based on
ground penetrating radar (GPR). The proposed system is composed by a radar module …

[HTML][HTML] Improvements in GPR-SAR imaging focusing and detection capabilities of UAV-mounted GPR systems

M García-Fernández, G Álvarez-Narciandi… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years there has been an increasing research interest in the development of
airborne-based Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) systems for safe and fast detection of …

[HTML][HTML] Towards real-time processing for UAV-mounted GPR-SAR imaging systems

M García-Fernández, G Álvarez-Narciandi… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) systems mounted on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
(UAVs) are becoming a promising solution to inspect beneath the soil surface. In particular …

[HTML][HTML] Autonomous airborne 3D SAR imaging system for subsurface sensing: UWB-GPR on board a UAV for landmine and IED detection

M Garcia-Fernandez, Y Alvarez-Lopez, F Las Heras - Remote Sensing, 2019 - mdpi.com
This work presents an enhanced autonomous airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
imaging system able to provide full 3D radar images from the subsurface. The proposed …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of antenna radiation pattern and penetration depth in ground penetrating radar field missions

P Morozov, F Morozov, M Lazarev, L Bogolyubov… - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
This article discusses the methods and results of assessing the angular resolution and
sounding depth of enhanced-power ground penetration radars obtained during …

Improvement of GPR SAR-based techniques for accurate detection and imaging of buried objects

M Gonzalez-Diaz, M Garcia-Fernandez… - IEEE Transactions …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper introduces three methodologies to improve synthetic aperture radar (SAR)-based
techniques used in ground-penetrating radar (GPR) systems. They consist of: 1) …

Comparison of scanning strategies in UAV-mounted multichannel GPR-SAR systems using antenna arrays

M García-Fernández… - IEEE Journal of …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ground penetrating radar (GPR) systems on board unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have
been successfully used for subsurface imaging applications. Their capability to detect buried …

Permittivity extraction from synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images of multilayered media

C Liu, MT Al Qaseer, R Zoughi - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A method to extract the complex permittivity from synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images of
multilayered structures is proposed. Specifically, a three-term one-port calibration method is …

Real-time permittivity extraction based on ultra-wideband impulse radar and genetic algorithm for tunnel construction operations

FM Sabzevari, AEC Tan, K Rambabu - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Tunnel construction with tunnel boring machi-nes (TBMs) is frequently hampered by hidden
complexities in the tunnel face. This article investigates the feasibility of utilizing impulse …