A new GPR targets feature extraction based on kernel method

A new ground penetrating radar target feature (GPRTF) extraction method based on kernel method is proposed. This paper also explains that the unsupervised methods (PCA or KPCA) aren't fit for the GPRTF extraction. The conventional GPRTF extraction method is the LDA (also called as FDA).It can minimize the within class scatter and maximize the between class scatter, but it extracts the GPRF in the low dimension GPR data space and the discriminability is limited. The kernel method can map the GPR data to the high dimension space by the non-linear transformation and can so enhance the discriminability. Combine the virtue of the kernel and the LDA and make up for the flaws of them will benefit for the GPRTF extraction. The treatment comparisons of the measurement data show that the method proposed is superior to the others.