Improved SSD Framework for Automatic Subsurface Object Indentification for GPR Data Processing

Zhen Wang, Tian Lan, Xiaodong Qu, Sheng Gao, Zhichao Yu, Xiao Peng Yang

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Abstract

Problems such as high attenuation cause the hyperbolic characteristics of B-scan being interfered by clutter in ground penetrating radar (GPR). To address this challenge, this paper introduces deep learning to feature extraction. Considering the similarities of GPR B-scan images and digital images, a new buried target detection method is proposed, which is based on Single shot multi-box detector (SSD). On the basis of the SSD, the Feature Pyramid Networks (FPN) is added as Neck part in whole network, and the bounding box regression loss function is improved from Smooth Ll loss to Generalized Intersection over Union (GIoU) loss. The proposed method achieves detection of buried target positions and identification of materials with an accuracy rate of 92 %. Compared with the conventional SSD, the mean Average Precision (mAP) of the proposed method is improved by 8.2%. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed GPR-Star is confirmed using experimental data.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2021 CIE International Conference on Radar, Radar 2021
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages2078-2081
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781665498142
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021
Event2021 CIE International Conference on Radar, Radar 2021 - Haikou, Hainan, China
Duration: 15 Dec 202119 Dec 2021

Publication series

NameProceedings of the IEEE Radar Conference
Volume2021-December
ISSN (Print)1097-5764
ISSN (Electronic)2375-5318

Conference

Conference2021 CIE International Conference on Radar, Radar 2021
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHaikou, Hainan
Period15/12/2119/12/21

Keywords

  • Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN)
  • Generalized Intersection over Union (GIoU)
  • Single Shot Multi-Box Detector(SSD)
  • buried target detection (BTD)
  • deep learning
  • ground penetrating radar (GPR)

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