SPARK: Technologies for Mine Action

Acronyms

AI artificial intelligence

EO explosive ordnance

EPO European Patent Office

GICHD Geneva International Center for Humanitarian Demining

GPR ground-penetrating radar

IMAS International Mine Action Standards

IP intellectual property

IPC International Patent Classification

MA mine action

NMAA National Mine Action Authority

NQR nuclear quadrupole resonance

NTS non-technical survey

PCT Patent Cooperation Treaty

PPE personal protective equipment

R&D research and development

RGB red green blue

UAV unmanned aerial vehicle

UK United Kingdom

US United States of America

UXO unexploded ordnance

WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization