Temporal filters for point target detection in IR imagery

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3061, Issue , 1997, Pages 508-520

  Tzannes, Alexis P ^a   Brooks, Dana H ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY

Author keywords

Cloud clutter; Continuous wavelet transform; Point target tracking; Staring IR camera

Indexed keywords

ALARM SYSTEMS; APPLICATIONS; CAMERAS; CLUTTER (INFORMATION THEORY); IMAGING SYSTEMS; INFRARED IMAGING; INFRARED RADIATION; PIXELS; TARGET DRONES; TARGET TRACKING; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

CLUTTER SUPPRESSIONS; CONTINUOUS WAVELET TRANSFORM; FALSE ALARMS; FILTERING ALGORITHMS; FILTERING APPROACHES; INFRARED IMAGE SEQUENCES; IR IMAGERIES; MULTISCALE; MULTISCALE APPROACHES; POINT TARGET DETECTIONS; POINT TARGET TRACKING; SCALE FILTERS; STARING IR CAMERA; TARGET DETECTIONS; TEMPORAL FILTERS; TIME SCALES;

TARGETS;

EID: 0001030957     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.280370     Document Type: Conference Paper

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