Perspectives on the Development and Use of Nuclear Methods for Detecting Landmines and Minefields: A Review

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https://doi.org/10.31861/sisiot2025.1.01010

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nuclear quadrupole resonance, neutron-based detector, landmines, mine-fields detection, artificial intelligence

Abstract

Landmines remain a deadly legacy of past and present conflicts, with these hidden explosive devices causing thousands of casualties each year. In addition to the existing mainstream methods of detecting landmines and minefields, several new technologies are being investigated, such as nuclear mine detection methods, namely nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) and neutron detection. Both NQR and neutron techniques are quite promising and offer powerful advantages in detecting landmines and minefields, although they have certain draw-backs in practical use. Artificial intelligence can significantly mitigate these shortcomings through advanced signal processing, adaptive algorithms, etc. The purpose of the article is to analyze, research and systematize available information on the positive effectiveness and feasibility of using nuclear methods (NQR and neutron-based) to detect mines and minefields, as well as to improve the accuracy and effectiveness of using these methods using artificial intelligence.

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  • Artem Kasianchuk, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University

    Received a first master’s degree in Cybersecurity in 2020 and the second master's degree in Telecommunications and Radio Engineering in 2023 from the Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University in Chernivtsi, Ukraine. He is currently pursuing a PhD degree in Telecommunications and Radio Engineering at Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University in Chernivtsi, Ukraine.

  • Halyna Lastivka, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University

    Received BS and MS degrees in Radio Engineering from ChNU, Ukraine. She received a Ph.D. in solid state electronics from ChNU. She is currently an associate professor of the Radio Engineering Department of ChNU. Her research interests include methods and means of radio spectroscopy, their application for research of sensory properties, structures, defects of layered and organic semiconductors.

  • Andrii Samila, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University

    Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University. D.Sc. (Engineering), Full Professor, Head of Radio Engineering and Information Security Department of Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University. Research interests: IoT, Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging, Signal Processing, Computer Hardware Design, Robotics, High Energy & Nuclear Physics. Author of nearly 200 publications in this research area.

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2025-06-30

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A. Kasianchuk, H. Lastivka, and A. Samila, “Perspectives on the Development and Use of Nuclear Methods for Detecting Landmines and Minefields: A Review”, SISIOT, vol. 3, no. 1, p. 01010, Jun. 2025, doi: 10.31861/sisiot2025.1.01010.

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