GEORADAR research group at Laboratorio

GEORADAR
research group
at Laboratorio Ultrasuoni e
Controlli Non Distruttivi
Dipartimento Elettronica e
Telecomunicazioni
Universita’ degli Studi di Firenze
Outline
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Brief history of activities
Group members
Collaborations and Projects,
Georadar Applications
Publications, Conferences, Thesis works
Contacts
Brief history of activities
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On 1974 Prof Leonardo Masotti worked on radar and ultrasonic pulse
compression methods and on 1975 he founded the Ultrasonic and NDT
Laboratory where medical and NDT applications of ultrasound have been
carried out.
(http://www.echommunity.com/EchommunityPortal/uscnd/index.htm).
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The activity on ground penetrating radar (GPR) started in 1992 as
knowledge transfer from ultrasonic non destructive testing (NDT)
techniques, within the NDT doctorate course, coordinated by Prof.
Leonardo Masotti.
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Defect detection in engineering materials (metals, ceramics, etc.) has
tackled by ultrasonic tomographic and time-of-flight inspection methods.
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Physical principles underlying underground inspections with radar and
ultrasonic/acoustic methods are similar and they have been investigated
for landmine detection.
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On 2006 starts a collaboration with Centro di GeoTecnologie of the
University of Siena for organizing courses on georadar for geophysicists.
GEORADAR group members
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Prof Leonardo Masotti (Full professor since 1972, IEEE Member, Coordinator of
the doctorate in NDT and of the Ultrasonic and Non Destructive Testing
Laboratory)
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Prof Lorenzo Capineri (MS Electronic Eng, PhD NDT, IEEE Senior Member,
Fellow Electromagnetics Academy)
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Prof Colin Windsor (FRS, DPhil, FInstP, FInstNDT)
http://freespace.virgin.net/colin.windsor
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Dr Pierluigi Falorni (MS Informatics Eng, PhD NDT)
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Dr Andrea Bulletti (MS Eelctronic Eng, research contract)
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Dr Samuela Valentini (MS Electronic Eng, PhD student in NDT)
and with the collaboration of mathematical-physics group:
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Prof Giovanni Borgioli
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Dr Serena Matucci
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Prof Benedetta Morini
Collaborations
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United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority UKAEA (1990-1996), Harwell Laboratory, Oxford, UK
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Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland (1992-2005)
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Ingegneria dei Sistemi, IDS, Pisa, Italy (1998-2008)
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Appalti Bonifiche Costruzioni (ABC), Firenze, Italy (1999, 2008)
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Remote Sensing Lab, Bauman University Moscow, Russia (2003-2008)
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Enviroscan, Lancaster, USA (2004-2008)
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Walnut, Tokio, Japan (2004-2006)
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ERA Technology Limited (ERA Ltd) , Surrey UK (2004)
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NATO, Bruxelles, Belgium
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Dipartimento di Costruzioni, Università di Firenze (2006-2008), Italy
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Museo Civico di Rovereto, Rovereto (Trento), Italy
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Centro di GeoTecnologie, Università di Siena, San Giovanni Valdarno, Italy
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Microwave Remote Sensing Centre, Istituto di Fisica Applicata “Nello Carrara” CNR , Firenze, Italy
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Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Projects
Georadar method
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Euroconference Mine’1999, Mine Identification Novelties Euroconference, Florence, Italy
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EUDEM2, European Union Humanitarian Demining , 2004-2005, http://www.eudem.vub.ac.be
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Holographic Subsurface Radar Intended for Soil and Construction Designs Sounding. International
Science & Technology Center (ISTC), 2004 http://www.istc.ru/
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“Metodi per la rilevazione automatica di oggetti sepolti tramite radar penetranti il suolo” , IDS, Pisa,
Italy, 2005
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“Ottimizzazione di metodi per la rilevazione automatica di oggetti sepolti mediante radar penetranti il
suolo“, IDS, Pisa, Italy, 2008
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NATO Project CBP.NR.NRCLG.982520 “Holographic Subsurface Radar Intended for Searching of
Mines in the Soil” (2007-2008)
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Committee CEN/WS7 , WG2 “CWA 14747-2 on "soil characterisation for metal detector and ground
penetrating radar performance"
Acoustic method
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EUDEM2 Technology Survey: (Non-Linear) Acoustic Landmine Detection Study
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Regione Toscana ICT ONE (2008-2009): Studio e realizzazione di un sistema di eccitazione
acustica del suolo e di un sistema di rivelazione ottico delle vibrazioni indotte al suolo da oggetti
sepolti
GEORADAR APPLICATIONS
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Buried utilities/services: pipes, cables,
tunnels
Humanitarian demining: buried
unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Road/Railway/Building/Landing tracks
health monitoring
Dangerous waste disposal detection
Archeology - Cultural Heritage
Geology
Course on Georadar Applications
See web site of the course:
http://www.geotecnologie.unisi.it/service/programmi.php?act=see&id=140
Course material is available in PDF format from CGTlearning:
• GEORADAR_CGT_LEZIONI07-08_CASES&PITFALL.PDF
• HUMANITARIAN_DEMINING.PDF
• NMO.PDF
• REBARS_BRIDGE.PDF
• S.BIAGIO.PDF
• GEORADAR_CGT_LEZIONI07-08.PDF
• GEORADAR_CGT_LEZ.1-2.PDF
• SLIDES_ESERCITAZIONE.PDF
Thesis works
SVILUPPO DI METODI DI ANALISI DI IMMAGINI OTTENUTE CON RADAR PENETRANTI NEL SOTTOSUOLO.
Borsa post-dottorato, Ing Lorenzo Capineri, 1992-1994
TECNICHE DI ISPEZIONE DEL SOTTOSUOLO MEDIANTE RADAR IMPULSIVO: SVILUPPO DI METODI DI
INTERPRETAZIONE DELLE IMMAGINI.
Autore: GRANDE PAOLA Facoltà: Facolta' di ingegneria Anno di laurea: 1996
ALGORITMI DI ELABORAZIONE AUTOMATICA PER IMMAGINI DA RADAR PENETRANTI NEL SOTTOSUOLO".
Autore: PARMENTOLA CARMEN CATERINA Facoltà: Facolta' di ingegneria Anno di laurea: 1997
ALGORITMI DI ELABORAZIONE AUTOMATICA DI DATI TRIDIMENSIONALI DA RADAR PENETRANTI NEL
SOTTOSUOLO: APPLICAZIONE AL RILEVAMENTO DI MINE ANTIUOMO.
Autore: di ZINNO FRANCESCO Facoltà: Facolta' di ingegneria Anno di laurea: 1999
SVILUPPO DI ALGORITMI PER L'ESTRAZIONE DI CARATTERISTICHE MORFOLOGICHE DI OGGETTI SEPOLTI
DA SCANSIONI GEORADAR.
Autore: FALORNI PIERLUIGI Facoltà: Facolta' di ingegneria Anno di laurea: 2000
SVILUPPO DI ALGORITMI PER L'ANALISI DI DATI OTTENUTI DA SCANSIONI DEL SUOLO CON RADAR
PENETRANTI MONTATI SU MEZZI MOBILI.
Autore: DAVOLI GIUSEPPE Facoltà: Facolta' di ingegneria Anno di laurea: 2000
METODI AVANZATI DI ELABORAZIONE DI DATI GEORADAR PER L’INDIVIDUAZIONE DI OGGETTI SEPOLTI
Applicazione al caso della ricerca di servizi e delle mine antiuomo, Tesi di Dottorato in Controlli non Distruttivi XVI
ciclo, Ing Pierluigi Falorni, Facolta' di ingegneria Anno di laurea: 2005
ANALISI E SVILUPPO DI ALGORITMI PER LA STIMA DELLA POSIZIONE E DIMENSIONE DI OGGETTI SEPOLTI
DI FORMA CILINDRICA MEDIANTE SCANSIONE RADAR.
Autore: FABRIZIO MARNICA Facolta' di ingegneria Anno di laurea: 2005
ANALISI TEORICA E SPERIMENTALE DI UN MODELLO CIRCUITALE EQUIVALENTE PER L’INDAGINE ACUSTICA
Di MINE ANTIUOMO SEPOLTE.
Autore: SAMUELA VALENTINI Facolta' di ingegneria Anno di laurea: 2007
METODO ACUSTICO DI RIVELAZIONE DI MINE CON CONTENITORE CEDEVOLE: STUDIO, SVILUPPO,
SPERIMENTAZIONE.
Autore: FABIO CIORIA, Facolta' di ingegneria Anno di laurea: 2008
Publications
[P1] L. CAPINERI, P. GRANDE, J.A.G. TEMPLE
An advanced image processing technique for real-time interpretation of ground penetrating radar
images.
International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology, Ed. John Wiley&Sons, Vol. 9/1 , 1998,
pp.51-59
[P2] C.G. WINDSOR, L. CAPINERI
Automated object Positioning from Ground Penetrating Radar Images,
INSIGHT, Journal of the British Institute of Non Destructive Testing, Vol. 40, N.7, July 1998,
pp.482-488
[P3]L. CAPINERI, C.G. WINDSOR, F. di ZINNO, Three-dimensional Buried Mine Positions
from Arbitrary RADAR Surface Scans, Insight Vol.41, N.6, June 1999, pp 372-375
[P4] L. CAPINERI, G. DAVOLI, P. FALORNI, L. MASOTTI and C. WINDSOR , Advanced Image
Processing for 3-D Radar scans for mine detection. Rivista Alta Frequenza, Vol. 12 N. 2, MarzoAprile 2001, pp. 74-79.
[P5] C. WINDSOR, L. CAPINERI and P. FALORNI, “The Classification of buried pipes from radar
scans ”, INSIGHT, Journal of the British Institute of Non Destructive Testing, Vol. 45, N.12,
December 2003, pp. 817-821
[P6] A. BULLETTI and L. CAPINERI, Chapter 4 , “(Non) Linear Acoustic detection” , in report
EUDEM2 Technology Survey Catalogue of advanced technologies and systems for humanitarian
demining Editors: S. Crabbe , C. Bruschini, H.Sahli, Draft Version 0.11, 26 November 2004,
http://www.eudem.vub.ac.be/
[P7] C. WINDSOR, L. CAPINERI , P. FALORNI, S. MATUCCI, and G. BORGIOLI, “The estimation of
buried pipe diameters using ground penetrating radar”, INSIGHT, Vol 47, N°7 , July 2005, pp
394-399
Publications (continued)
[P8] A. BULLETTI and L. CAPINERI, Chapter 4 , “(Non) Linear Acoustic detection” , in report
EUDEM2 Technology Survey Catalogue of advanced technologies and systems for humanitarian
demining Editors: S. Crabbe , C. Bruschini, H.Sahli, Draft Version 0.11, 26 November 2004,
http://www.eudem.vub.ac.be/
[P9] F. BELLAN, A. BULLETTI, L. CAPINERI, EUDEM2 Technology Survey, "(Non-Linear) Acoustic
Landmine Detection Study", Ultrasound and Non Destructive Testing Laboratory, Dept. of
Electronic and Telecommunications, University of Florence, Italy October 2004 - Rev. 1.2 by L.
Capineri, http://www.eudem.vub.ac.be/
[P10] A. BULLETTI, L. CAPINERI, M. MASCHERINI, C.G. WINDSOR, EUDEM2 Technology Survey,
"(Non-Linear) Acoustic Landmine Detection Study, Acoustic Landmine Detection Prototype
Development", 25 July 2005 - Rev. 2.0, http://www.eudem.vub.ac.be/
[P11] G. BORGIOLI, L. CAPINERI, P. FALORNI, S. MATUCCI, C.G. WINDSOR, “The detection of
buried pipes from time-of-flight radar data”, IEEE TGRS, Vol. 46, N.8, August 2008, pp ( in print )
[P12] L. CAPINERI, D.J. DANIELS, P. FALORNI,O.L. LOPERA and C.G. WINDSOR, “Estimation of
the relative permittivity of shallow soils by using the ground penetrating radar response from
different buried targets.” Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications (JEMWA)- PIER
Letters 2, page 63-71, 2008
Conferences
[C1] L. CAPINERI, P. GRANDE, L. MASOTTI, J.A.G. TEMPLE, C.G. WINDSOR
Advanced image processing techniques for automatic interpretation of time-of-flight diffraction images, in Acoustical Imaging,Vol. 23,
Edited by S. Lees, and Leonard A. Ferrari, Publ. Plenum Press, New York, 1997, pp.412-416
[C2] C.G. WINDSOR, L. CAPINERI and L. MASOTTI, “Turning surface radar scans into three-dimensional buried mine positions “, invited
lecture presented at Euroconference MINE’99, Firenze 1-3 October 1999, pp 60-65.
[C3] C.G. WINDSOR, L. CAPINERI, “Combining results from different mine detection techniques”, invited lecture presented at
Euroconference MINE’99, Firenze 1-3 October 1999, pp 91-96.
[C4] L. CAPINERI, P. FALORNI, L. MASOTTI and C. WINDSOR , “ Advanced processing for three-dimensional radar data for mine detection ”,
Invited at PIERS 2000, Boston, USA
[C5] L. CAPINERI, P. FALORNI, L. MASOTTI and C. WINDSOR , “ Buried mine classification from three-dimensional radar data”, Invited paper
in Proceedings of Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium, July 1-5 2002, Cambridge, MA, USA, pp. 428
[C6] C. WINDSOR, L. CAPINERI AND P. FALORNI,” Classification of buried objects from series of aligned hyperbolic arcs or “pendants” in
Radar Scans: The measurement of buried pipe diameter.” PIERS 2004, Pisa, invited
[C7] P. FALORNI, L. CAPINERI, L. MASOTTI AND G. PINELLI,” Reliable detection of hyperbolic diffraction patterns in Radar scans for
computerized topographic mapping of buried utilities” PIERS 2004,Pisa, invited
[C8] P. FALORNI, L. CAPINERI, L. MASOTTI, G. PINELLI, “3-D Radar imaging of buried utilities by features estimation of hyperbolic diffraction
patterns in radar scans”, Tenth International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar, 21-24 June, 2004, Delft, The Netherlands
[C9] L. CAPINERI, P. FALORNI, L. MASOTTI, C.G. WINDSOR “Pictorial visualization of antipersonnel mines using ground penetrating radar”,
Proceedings of abstracts presented at Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium 2005, Hangzhou, China, August 22-26, pp
337
[C10] C.G. WINDSOR, L. CAPINERI, P. FALORNI, “The estimation of buried pipe diameters by generalised Hough transform”, Proceedings of
extended papers presented at Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium 2005, Hangzhou, China, August 22-26, pp 345-348
[C11] P. FALORNI, L. CAPINERI, L. MASOTTI, G. ALLI, G. PINELLI, “Automatic detection of buried pipes from ground penetrating radar data”,
Proceedings of abstracts presented at Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium 2005, Hangzhou, China, August 22-26, pp
378
[C12] P. FALORNI, LORENZO CAPINERI, L. MASOTTI, COLIN G. WINDSOR “Detection of Buried Objects in Periodic Structures with Ground
Penetrating Radar Mounted on Moving Vehicles”, Proceedings of abstracts presented at Progress In Electromagnetics Research
Symposium 2005, Cambridge (MA) , USA, 26-29 March 2006
[C13] G. BORGIOLI, P. FALORNI, L. CAPINERI, B. MORINI, S. MATUCCI, C.G. WINDSOR, “Estimation of Buried Pipes Diameter and Position
by Ground Penetrating Radar Scans”, Proceedings of abstracts presented at Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium 2005,
Cambridge (MA) , USA, 26-29 March 2006
Conferences (continued)
[C14] C.G. WINDSOR, G. BORGIOLI, P. FALORNI, L. CAPINERI, B. MORINI, S. MATUCCI, “A data point-labelled generalised Hough
transform for extracting reflections from buried objects in ground penetrating radar scans”, abstract presented at Progress In
Electromagnetics Research Symposium 2007
[C15] P. FALORNI, L. CAPINERI, L. MASOTTI, C.G. WINDSOR, “Analysis of time domain Ultra-Wide-Band radar signals reflected by buried
objects ”, Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium 2007, Beijing, China PIERS Online, Vol. 3, No. 5, 662-665, 2007
[C16] G. BORGIOLI, A. BULLETTI, M. CALZOLAI, L. CAPINERI, P. FALORNI, L. MASOTTI, S. VALENTINI, C. WINDSOR, “Theoretical and
experimental analysis of an equivalent model for the investigation of shallow landmines with acoustic methods ”, Proc. SPIE Vol. 6739,
673907 (Oct. 15, 2007)
[C17] L. CAPINERI, S. IVASHOV, T. BECHTEL, A. ZHURAVLEV, P. FALORNI, C. WINDSOR, G. BORGIOLI, I. VASILIEV, AND A. SHEYKO,
“Comparison of GPR Sensor Types for Landmine Detection and Discrimination” GPR’08 12th International Conference on Ground
Penetrating Radar 15 – 19 June 2008, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, In print.
[C18] S. IVASHOV, V. RAZEVIG, I. VASILYEV, A. ZHURAVLEV, T. BECHTEL, L. CAPINERI, “The Holographic Principle in Subsurface Radar
Technology” Submitted to International Symposium to Commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Invention of Holography, Springfield,
Massachusetts USA, October 27-29, 2008,
[C19] L. CAPINERI, P. FALORNI, G. BORGIOLI, T. BECHTEL, S. IVASHOV, A. ZHURAVLEV, I. VASILIEV, M. PARADISO, G. CARTOCCI,
"Application of the Holographic Radar RASCAN to Cultural Heritage Inspection“ Workshop on "Advances in Remote Sensing for
Archaeology and Cultural Heritage management", Rome 30 September - 4 October, 2008. In print
[C20] A. BULLETTI, S. VALENTINI, F. CIORIA, G. BORGIOLI, M. CALZOLAI, L. CAPINERI, L. MASOTTI , "Silicon micromachined
accelerometers for the detection of compliant anti-personnel landmines“ IEEE Sensors 2008, October, 26-29 2008, Lecce, Italy
Seminars
• Microwave Remote Sensing Seminar, Area delle
Ricerca del CNR 20 Aprile 2006, ore 11:00
Prof. Lorenzo Capineri, Università di Firenze
“Metodi avanzati di rivelazione e classificazione
di oggetti sepolti mediante radar penetranti nel
suolo”
• Centro di GeoTecnologie, Univ. di SienaS.Giovanni Valdarno-19/5/2006, “Attività di
ricerca sul metodo georadar”, Prof.Ing Lorenzo
Capineri e Ing. Pierluigi Falorni
Contacts
Georadar Research Group at
Laboratorio Ultrasuoni e Controlli Non Distruttivi
Dipartimento Elettronica e Telecomunicazioni, Università di
Firenze, Via Santa Marta 3, 50139 Firenze - Italy
Prof Lorenzo Capineri
Tel.
+39-055-4796376
Cell. +39-3296509155
Fax
+39-055-4796517
E-Mail: [email protected]