scholarly journals Object Detection in Ground-Penetrating Radar Images Using a Deep Convolutional Neural Network and Image Set Preparation by Migration

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuya Ishitsuka ◽  
Shinichiro Iso ◽  
Kyosuke Onishi ◽  
Toshifumi Matsuoka
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Convolutional Neural Network ◽  
Ground Penetrating Radar ◽  
Deep Convolutional Neural Network ◽  
Training Data ◽  
Neural Network Approach ◽  
Radar Images ◽  
Image Set ◽  
Ground Penetrating ◽  
Better Than

Ground-penetrating radar allows the acquisition of many images for investigation of the pavement interior and shallow geological structures. Accordingly, an efficient methodology of detecting objects, such as pipes, reinforcing steel bars, and internal voids, in ground-penetrating radar images is an emerging technology. In this paper, we propose using a deep convolutional neural network to detect characteristic hyperbolic signatures from embedded objects. As a first step, we developed a migration-based method to collect many training data and created 53510 categorized images. We then examined the accuracy of the deep convolutional neural network in detecting the signatures. The accuracy of the classification was 0.945 (94.5%)–0.979 (97.9%) when using several thousands of training images and was much better than the accuracy of the conventional neural network approach. Our results demonstrate the effectiveness of the deep convolutional neural network in detecting characteristic events in ground-penetrating radar images.

Deep Neural Network-Based Permittivity Inversions for Ground Penetrating Radar Data

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 8172-8183
Author(s):  
Yintao Ji ◽  
Fengkai Zhang ◽  
Jing Wang ◽  
Zhengfang Wang ◽  
Peng Jiang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Ground Penetrating Radar ◽  
Deep Neural Network ◽  
Radar Data ◽  
Ground Penetrating

Automatic detection of volcanic eruptions in Doppler radar observations using a neural network approach

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias Hort ◽  
Daniel Uhle ◽  
Fabio Venegas ◽  
Lea Scharff ◽  
Jan Walda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Doppler Radar ◽  
Volcanic Eruptions ◽  
Radar Data ◽  
Visual Observation ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Network Approach ◽  
Neural Network Approach ◽  
Data Set ◽  
The Impact

<p>Immediate detection of volcanic eruptions is essential when trying to mitigate the impact on the health of people living in the vicinity of a volcano or the impact on infrastructure and aviation. Eruption detection is most often done by either visual observation or the analysis of acoustic data. While visual observation is often difficult due to environmental conditions, infrasound data usually provide the onset of an event. Doppler radar data, admittedly not available for a lot of volcanoes, however, provide information on the dynamics of the eruption and the amount of material released. Eruptions can be easily detected in the data by visual analysis and here we present a neural network approach for the automatic detection of eruptions in Doppler radar data. We use data recorded at Colima volcano in Mexico in 2014/2015 and a data set recorded at Turrialba volcano between 2017 and 2019. In a first step we picked eruptions, rain and typical noise in both data sets, which were the used for training two networks (training data set) and testing the performance of the network using a separate test data set. The accuracy for classifying the different type of signals was between 95 and 98% for both data sets, which we consider quite successful. In case of the Turriabla data set eruptions were picked based on observations of OVSICORI data. When classifying the complete data set we have from Turriabla using the trained network, an additional 40 eruptions were found, which were not in the OVSICORI catalogue.</p><p>In most cases data from the instruments are transmitted to an observatory by radio, so the amount of data available is an issue. We therefore tested by what amount the data could be reduced to still be able to successfully detect an eruption. We also kept the network as small as possible to ideally run it on a small computer (e.g. a Rasberry Pi architecture) for eruption detection on site, so only the information that an eruption is detected needs to be transmitted.</p>

Rainfall Estimation from Polarimetric S-Band Radar Measurements: Validation of a Neural Network Approach

2009 ◽  
Vol 48 (10) ◽  
pp. 2022-2036 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gianfranco Vulpiani ◽  
Scott Giangrande ◽  
Frank S. Marzano
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Radar Data ◽  
Retrieval Algorithm ◽  
Network Approach ◽  
Rainfall Estimation ◽  
Neural Network Approach ◽  
Raindrop Size Distribution ◽  
Hourly Rainfall ◽  
The Impact

Abstract A procedure for the estimation of rainfall rate, capitalizing on a radar-based raindrop size distribution (RSD) parameter retrieval and neural network (NN) inversion techniques, is validated using an extensive and quality-controlled archive. The RSD retrieval algorithm utilizes polarimetric variables measured by the polarimetric prototype of the Weather Surveillance Radar-1988 Doppler (WSR-88D) in Norman, Oklahoma (KOUN), through an ad hoc regularized neural network method. Evaluation of rainfall estimation from the NN-based method is accomplished using a large radar data and surface gauge observation dataset collected in central Oklahoma during the multiyear Joint Polarization Experiment (JPOLE) field campaign. Point estimates of hourly rainfall accumulations and instantaneous rainfall rates from NN-based and parametric polarimetric rainfall relations are compared with dense surface gauge observations. Rainfall accumulations from RSD retrieval-based methods are shown to be sensitive to the choice of a raindrop fall speed model. To minimize the impact of this choice, a new “direct” neural network approach is tested. Proposed NN-based approaches exhibit bias and root-mean-square error characteristics comparable with those obtained from parametric relations, specifically optimized for the JPOLE dataset, indicating an appealing generalization capability with respect to the climatological context. All tested polarimetric relations are shown to be sensitive to hail contamination as inferred from the results of automatic polarimetric echo classification and available storm reports.

Three-dimensional convolutional neural network–based underground object classification using three-dimensional ground penetrating radar data

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 1884-1893
Author(s):  
Shekhroz Khudoyarov ◽  
Namgyu Kim ◽  
Jong-Jae Lee
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Deep Learning ◽  
Convolutional Neural Network ◽  
Ground Penetrating Radar ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Object Classification ◽  
Radar Data ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Underground Cavities ◽  
Ground Penetrating

Ground-penetrating radar is a typical sensor system for analyzing underground facilities such as pipelines and rebars. The technique also can be used to detect an underground cavity, which is a potential sign of urban sinkholes. Multichannel ground-penetrating radar devices are widely used to detect underground cavities thanks to the capacity of informative three-dimensional data. Nevertheless, the three-dimensional ground-penetrating radar data interpretation is unclear and complicated when recognizing underground cavities because similar ground-penetrating radar data reflected from different underground objects are often mixed with the cavities. As it is prevalently known that the deep learning algorithm-based techniques are powerful at image classification, deep learning-based techniques for underground object detection techniques using two-dimensional GPR (ground-penetrating radar) radargrams have been researched upon in recent years. However, spatial information of underground objects can be characterized better in three-dimensional ground-penetrating radar voxel data than in two-dimensional ground-penetrating radar images. Therefore, in this study, a novel underground object classification technique is proposed by applying deep three-dimensional convolutional neural network on three-dimensional ground-penetrating radar data. First, a deep convolutional neural network architecture was developed using three-dimensional convolutional networks for recognizing spatial underground objects such as, pipe, cavity, manhole, and subsoil. The framework of applying the three-dimensional convolutional neural network into three-dimensional ground-penetrating radar data was then proposed and experimentally validated using real three-dimensional ground-penetrating radar data. In order to do that, three-dimensional ground-penetrating radar block data were used to train the developed three-dimensional convolutional neural network and to classify unclassified three-dimensional ground-penetrating radar data collected from urban roads in Seoul, South Korea. The validation results revealed that four underground objects (pipe, cavity, manhole, and subsoil) are successfully classified, and the average classification accuracy was 97%. In addition, a false alarm was rarely indicated.

Deep learning-based automated underground cavity detection using three-dimensional ground penetrating radar

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 173-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Man-Sung Kang ◽  
Namgyu Kim ◽  
Jong Jae Lee ◽  
Yun-Kyu An
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Convolutional Neural Network ◽  
Ground Penetrating Radar ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Radar Data ◽  
Underground Cavity ◽  
Deep Convolutional Neural Networks ◽  
Cavity Detection ◽  
Ground Penetrating

Three-dimensional ground penetrating radar data are often ambiguous and complex to interpret when attempting to detect only underground cavities because ground penetrating radar reflections from various underground objects can appear like those from cavities. In this study, we tackle the issue of ambiguity by proposing a system based on deep convolutional neural networks, which is capable of autonomous underground cavity detection beneath urban roads using three-dimensional ground penetrating radar data. First, a basis pursuit-based background filtering algorithm is developed to enhance the visibility of underground objects. The deep convolutional neural network is then established and applied to automatically classify underground objects using the filtered three-dimensional ground penetrating radar data as represented by three types of images: A-, B-, and C-scans. In this study, we utilize a novel two-dimensional grid image consisting of several B- and C-scan images. Cavity, pipe, manhole, and intact features extracted from in situ three-dimensional ground penetrating radar data are used to train the convolutional neural network. The proposed technique is experimentally validated using real three-dimensional ground penetrating radar data obtained from urban roads in Seoul, South Korea.

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