Performance assessment of mine detection systems

Erik M. Rosen; Kelly D. Sherbondy

doi:10.1117/12.396207

22 August 2000 Performance assessment of mine detection systems

Erik M. Rosen, Kelly D. Sherbondy

Proceedings Volume 4038, Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mines and Minelike Targets V; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.396207
Event: AeroSense 2000, 2000, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Assessing the performance of mine-detection systems usually means calculating probability of detection (P_d and a false-alarm rate (FAR). relying on these measures of performance is a consequence of the way in which mine detection systems are tested. Most advanced technology demonstrations of mine detection systems require the participating contractors to provide the testing agency with a set of alarms, or declarations, that correspond to locations on the ground where a mine is suspected to be buried. Superimposing these alarms with the ground truth, or baseline, allows one to compute the P_d and the FAR, but does not give insight into issues such as signal-to-noise ratios or signal-to-clutter ratios. With knowledge of S/N and S/C ratios, expected performance can be compared with demonstrated performance to determine how sensor sensitivity affects overall performance. In addition, S/C ratios provide a means to judge relative performance, but P_d and FAR alone can be ambiguous.

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Erik M. Rosen and Kelly D. Sherbondy "Performance assessment of mine detection systems", Proc. SPIE 4038, Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mines and Minelike Targets V, (22 August 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.396207

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