This article focuses on the possible drawbacks and pitfalls in the GPR data interpretation process commonly followed by most GPR practitioners in archaeological prospection. Standard processing techniques aim to remove some noise, enhance reflections...
Data interpretation is the crucial scientific component that influences the inspection accuracy of ground penetrating radar (GPR). Developing algorithms for interpreting GPR data is a research focus of increasing interest. The problem of algorithms f...
The non-invasive detection and digital documentation of buried archaeological heritage by means of geophysical prospection is increasingly gaining importance in modern field archaeology and archaeological heritage management. It frequently provides t...
Ground penetrating radar (GPR) is a well-established technique used in archaeological prospection and it requires a number of specialized routines for signal and image processing to enhance the data acquired and lead towards a better interpretation o...
Ground penetrating radar (GPR) is widely used for subsurface object detection, but manual interpretation of hyperbolic features in B-scan images remains inefficient and error-prone. In addition, traditional forward modeling methods suffer from low co...
This paper promotes water distribution networks’ (WDNs) sustainability and efficiency by integrating intelligent data analysis with ground-penetrating radar (GPR) to better interpret GPR images for detecting water leaks, favouring their asset a...
Regular monitoring and inspection of military railroad tracks are necessary to ensure the safe transportation of military freight. Manual railroad inspection has drawbacks and limitations that can impact accuracy and efficiency. This study introduces...
This study presents the development of a discrete algorithm for interpreting ground-penetrating radar (GPR) data in vertically inhomogeneous media for the diagnostics of road structures. Experimental data were obtained using an OKO-2 GPR system, foll...
Geophysical techniques are a core toolkit of modern archeology, thanks to their effectiveness in reconstructing important pieces of evidence for buried ruins, which are relics of the past usage of an inspected site. Some methodological approaches and...
Hyperbolae in radargrams are caused by a variety of small subsurface objects. The analysis of their curvature enables the determination of propagation velocity in the subsurface, which is important for exact time-to-depth conversion and migration and...
Understanding the landscape evolution and human-environmental interaction within it is one of the key tasks of early Holocene research. As mobile hunter–gatherers leave few traces of structural organization, understanding their habitats is rele...
We present a concise methodology to model and visualise mole-rat burrows by integrating 3D ground-penetrating radar (GPR) volumes, high-resolution 3D surface texture, and interpretative 3D visualisation with open-code software, such as Blender and Ho...
Road safety is important for the rapid development of the economy and society. Thus, it is of great significance to monitor the dynamic changing processes of road diseases, such as cavities, to provide a basis for the daily maintenance of roads and p...
Ground penetrating radar (GPR) has been extensively used in the routine inspection of reinforced concrete structures. However, the signatures in GPR images are reflected electromagnetic waves rather than their actual shapes. The interpretation of GPR...
Vehicle-mounted ground-penetrating radar (GPR) has been used to non-destructively inspect and evaluate railway subgrade conditions. However, existing GPR data processing and interpretation methods mostly rely on time-consuming manual interpretation,...
This paper proposes a frequency–wavenumber (f–k) analysis technique through deep learning-based super resolution (SR) ground penetrating radar (GPR) image enhancement. GPR is one of the most popular underground investigation tools owing t...
Geologic interpretation results from conventional ground-penetrating radar (GPR) detection methods tend to have a certain degree of uncertainty. In order to improve the reliability of ground-penetrating radars in the detection of rock mass fissures i...
Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) is a well-respected, effective, and efficient geophysical technique. However, for underwater engineering detection and underwater archaeology, the measured B-scan profiles typically contain surface-related multiple wave...
Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) has been widely used to detect subsurface objects, such as hidden cavities, buried pipes, and manholes, owing to its noncontact sensing, rapid scanning, and deeply penetrating remote-sensing capabilities. Currently, GPR...
This paper addresses the problem of leakage in water distribution systems through the use of ground penetrating radar (GPR) as a nondestructive method. Laboratory tests are performed to extract features of water leakage from the obtained GPR images....
Ground penetrating radar (GPR) is widely used to inspect underground pipelines because it is non-destructive. When the scan line of GPR is perpendicular to the pipe, it will exhibit hyperbolic features in GPR B-scan images, which have no intuitive re...
In urban road detection using Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), challenges arise from complex and variable road structures and diversified detection environments. These unstable factors decrease GPR detection signal strength and cause signal shape dist...
Identification of slope subsurface strata for natural soil slopes is essential to assess the stability of potential landslides. The highly variable strata in a slope are hard to characterize by traditional boreholes at limited locations. Ground-penet...
Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) is a convenient geophysical technique for active-layer soil moisture detection in permafrost regions, which is theoretically based on the petrophysical relationship between soil moisture (θ) and the soil dielectri...
High-resolution topographic and stratigraphic datasets have been increasing applied in active fault investigation and seismic hazard assessment. There is a need for the comprehensive analysis of active faults on the basis of the correlating geomorpho...
The Bahamas is an ideal location for studying the calcium carbonate sedimentation of Holocene strandplains in relation to seaward progradation. We use ground-penetrating radar (GPR) to image and interpret the fine-scale stratigraphy of three carbonat...
Ground penetrating radar (GPR) is a non-destructive testing (NDT) method increasingly used for evaluating concrete structures by identifying internal flaws and embedded objects. This study presents a structured image-based methodology for interpretin...
Currently, ground penetrating radar is the major technology for the detection of urban road collapses and disaster sources. Vehicle-mounted GPR collects tens of GB of data on site every day, but the present interpretation of abnormal regions detected...
This study presents an integrated geophysical–geomatic approach for the investigation of archaeological sites, combining low-frequency Ground-Penetrating Radar (GPR) and close-range photogrammetry at the Archaeological Park of Abellinum (southe...
Archaeological GPR data from antennas of different frequencies allow the identification of buried cultural heritage at different scales. Therefore, multi-frequency GPR systems are recommended for complicated subsurface archaeological conditions. GPR...
The internal geometries of progradational units on the coastal plain in southeastern Spain (Carchuna Beach, Granada) since the maximum Holocene marine transgression (ca. 7000 cal BP) have been analysed using ground-penetrating radar (GPR). Radargram...
Ground penetration radar (GPR) technology has received in-depth analysis and rapid development in the field of civil engineering. GPR data analysis is one of the basic and challenging problems in this field. This research aims to conduct a comprehens...
The primary objectives of this study are to investigate the interference of ground penetrating radar (GPR) signals with air-cavities behind concrete linings subjected to three experimental parameters (GPR antenna frequency, thickness of concrete lini...
Ground penetrating radar (GPR) detection is a popular technology in civil engineering. Because of its advantages of non-destructive testing (NDT) and high work efficiency, GPR is widely used to detect hard foreign objects in soil. However, the interp...
Deep learning models have achieved success in image recognition and have shown great potential for interpretation of ground penetrating radar (GPR) data. However, training reliable deep learning models requires massive labeled data, which are usually...
Bridge infrastructure in the United States is aging, necessitating efficient and accurate inspection methods. Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) is a widely used non-destructive testing (NDT) method for detecting subsurface anomalies in bridge decks. How...
This study focuses on the application of ground-penetrating radar (GPR) in conducting field surveys and data processing at the northern campus of Jilin Jianzhu University. The research site’s geographical location and overall conditions are des...
Sorghatmesh mosque is a historical structure that was constructed in Cairo, Egypt, by Prince Saif El-Din Sorghatmesh in 1356. A dual-frequency ground-penetrating radar (GPR) with 250–700 MHz was used to investigate the subsurface of the Sorghat...
Accurate soil moisture estimation is critical for precision agriculture and water resource management, yet traditional sampling methods are time-consuming, destructive, and provide limited spatial coverage. Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) offers a pro...
Although ground-penetrating radar (GPR) is effective to detect shallow-buried objects, it still needs more effort for the application to investigate a buried water utility infrastructure. Edge detection is a well-known image processing technique that...
Under suitable conditions, ground-penetrating radar (GPR) measurements harbour great potential for the non-invasive mapping and three-dimensional investigation of buried archaeological remains. Current GPR data visualisations almost exclusively focus...
Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) was utilized for subsurface soil investigation in the Yellow River Delta, aiming to provide a scientific basis for the remediation performance of saline soils. The study particularly focuses on the red clay layer, a typ...
Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a powerful tool for advancing the interpretation of ground penetrating radar (GPR) data, offering solutions to long-standing challenges in manual analysis, such as subjectivity, inefficiency, and limited sc...
This paper proposes a 3D ground penetrating radar (GPR) image-based underground cavity detection network (UcNet) for preventing sinkholes in complex urban roads. UcNet is developed based on convolutional neural network (CNN) incorporated with phase a...
Nowadays, asteroid and comet exploration is one of the most important components of deep space exploration. Through asteroid and comet exploration missions, it is possible to reveal the history of the formation and evolution of the solar system, to u...
The distribution of the permafrost in the Tibetan Plateau has dramatically changed due to climate change, expressed as increasing permafrost degradation, thawing depth deepening and disappearance of island permafrost. These changes have serious impac...
Top-coal structure detection is an important basis for realizing effective mining in fully mechanized cave faces. However, the top-coal structure is very complex and often contains multi-layer gangues, which seriously influence the level of effective...
The use of machine learning in medical decision support systems can improve diagnostic accuracy and objectivity for clinical experts. In this study, we conducted a comparison of 16 different fuzzy rule-based algorithms applied to 12 medical datasets...
Assessing the structure of a building with non-invasive methods is an important problem. One of the possible approaches is to use GeoRadar to examine wall structures by analyzing the data obtained from the scans. However, so far, the obtained data ha...
The velocity of near-surface materials is one of the most important for Ground-Penetrating Radar (GPR). In the study, we evaluate the options for determining the GPR velocity to measure the accuracy of velocity approximations from the acquired GPR da...
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