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This study introduces a new approach for reflector detection, which includes radargram denoising to effectively enhance the signal of underground reflectors, peak detection to extract the positions of subsurface stratification from the radar echoes, and peak points connection to form continuous layers. The mapped enhancement denoising process involves a linear brightness adjustment and a fourth-order diffusion equation to enhance the signal of the subsurface layers for effective detection. The subsurface detection extracts the surface and subsurface peak points based on a peak detection algorithm, while using locally window-enhanced peak filtering and Kullback\u2013Leibler (KL) divergence mapping to filter out non-stratified peak points. Finally, the layered connection process uses the proximity parameter to connect peak points in the same layer. Applied to multiple SHARAD (Shallow Radar) images at the Martian poles, this algorithm demonstrated a false detection rate below 5%. Compared to other methods, this method has a missed detection rate of less than 5% and, additionally, exhibits fewer discontinuities in layer connectivity. 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