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In this paper, we propose a novel clutter suppression method taking advantage of the low-rank and sparse structure in multidimensional data, based on which an efficient target detection can be accomplished. We firstly created a multidimensional image tensor using sub-band GPR images that are computed from the band-pass filtered GPR signals, such that differences of the target response between sub-bands can be captured. Then, exploiting the low-rank and sparse property of the image tensor, we use the recently proposed Tensor Robust Principal Analysis to remove clutter by decomposing the image tensor into three components: a low-rank component containing clutter, a sparse component capturing target response, and noise. Finally, target detection is accomplished by applying thresholds to the extracted target image. Numerical simulations and experiments with different GPR systems are conducted. The results show that the proposed method effectively improves signal-to-clutter ratio by more than 20 dB and yields satisfactory results with high probability of detection and low false alarm rates.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs11080984","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,4,25]],"date-time":"2019-04-25T03:02:59Z","timestamp":1556161379000},"page":"984","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["GPR Antipersonnel Mine Detection Based on Tensor Robust Principal Analysis"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Xiaoji","family":"Song","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Electronic Science and Technology, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8299-646X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tao","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Electronic Science and Technology, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0152-6621","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Deliang","family":"Xiang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Innovation Institute of Technology, Academy of Science, Beijing 100166, China"}]},{"given":"Yi","family":"Su","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Electronic Science and Technology, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,4,24]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"5754","DOI":"10.3390\/rs6065754","article-title":"3D Ground Penetrating Radar to Detect Tree Roots and Estimate Root Biomass in the Field","volume":"6","author":"Zhu","year":"2014","journal-title":"Remote Sens."},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"12041","DOI":"10.3390\/rs70912041","article-title":"Temporal Monitoring of the Soil Freeze-Thaw Cycles over a Snow-Covered Surface by Using Air-Launched Ground-Penetrating Radar","volume":"7","author":"Jadoon","year":"2015","journal-title":"Remote Sens."},{"key":"ref_3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Catapano, I., Ludeno, G., Soldovieri, F., Tosti, F., and Padeletti, G. 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