Accession Number:

ADA279297

Title:

Evaluation of Thermal Viewers for Mine Detection

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.

Corporate Author:

ARMY BELVOIR RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER FORT BELVOIR VA

Personal Author(s):

• Keller, Harry
• Nawrocki, Edmund
• Ngan, Peter
• Trang, Ahn

Report Date:

1992-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

24.0

Abstract:

A brief field evaluation of four different infrared thermal viewers was conducted using buried and surface antitank mines as viewing objects. Under the conditions which existed, buried mines were visible for about half the viewing opportunities surface mines were almost always visible. Because of the very limited range of conditions of this brief evaluation, the results and conclusions presented here may not apply to other sets of circumstances and should not be considered general. Field of view, Clutter, Hand held viewers, Infrared, Thermal image, Thermal viewer.

Descriptors:

• *MINE DETECTION
• *VIEWERS
• *THERMAL IMAGES
• CLUTTER
• SURFACES
• IMAGES
• HAND HELD
• ANTITANK MINES
• HANDS

Subject Categories:

• Land Mine Warfare
• Infrared Detection and Detectors

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE