Importing .DZT GPR processing files into matlab

Hi, I am an archeology student, I have several GPR profiles in .DZT and .DSX format. I have tried the below code, but matlab does not recognize DZT files

data = import('file.DZT');

I am looking for to import DZT files into matlab or if theres a way to convert DZT files into a format which matlab recognizes to utilize different matlab models and analyze the data.

I appreciate your help a lot, thank you!

Answer 1

[Sathvik]

Hi

I understand that you are facing an issue while trying to import a ‘GPR Profile’ from ‘.DZT’ file.

Currently MATLAB does not officially support importing .DZT files. As a workaround, I have been able to find other resources that might be helpful.

• You can refer to the following journal that has implemented the import of .DZT files in MATLAB. It also mentions that “The MATLAB-code is available upon request from the author.”

https://journals.openedition.org/archeosciences/10100?lang=en

• You can also refer to the following file exchange submission. This loads GPR Data from ‘rd3’ file format.

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/6129-rd3-library

• You can also convert it to a ‘Bitmap’ or an ‘ASCII .txt’ file, which are officially supported, but the conversion would have some limitations in terms of loss of metadata, precision and data manipulation capabilities.

You can also refer to the following MATLAB Answer for more information on processing a GPR Profile in MATLAB

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/153527

Hope this helps!