Development of Adaptive Threshold and Data Smoothening Algorithm for GPR Imaging
Keywords:
GPR, Normal random variable, Variance, Adaptive threshold, Smoothenting
Abstract
There are many approaches available to separate the background and foreground in image processing applications. Currently, researchers are focusing on wavelet De-noising, curvelet threshold, Edge Histogram Descriptor threshold, Otsu thresholding, recursive thresholding and adaptive progressive thresholding. In fixed and predictable background conditions, above techniques separate background and foreground efficiently. In a common scenario, background reference is blind due to soil surface moisture content and its non-linearity. There are many methodologies proposed from time to time by researchers to solve this blind reference background separation. But challenges still now remain, because there are two major problems in ground penetrating radar imaging such as targets like ground enhances the false alarm and non-metallic target detection, where the threshold decision is a critical task. In this paper, a novel real time blind adaptive threshold algorithm is proposed for ground penetrating radar image processing. The blind threshold was decided to use normal random variable variance and image data variance. Further, the image was smoothened by random variance ratio to image data variance. Experimental results showed satisfactory results for the background separation and smoothening the targeted image data with the proposed algorithm.
Published
2018-04-16
How to Cite
Sharma, P., Kumar, B., & Singh, D. (2018). Development of Adaptive Threshold and Data Smoothening Algorithm for GPR Imaging. Defence Science Journal, 68(3), 316-325. https://doi.org/10.14429/dsj.68.12354
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Section
Electronics & Communication Systems
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