Target acquisition methodology for visual and infrared imaging sensors

Optical Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3026-3036

  Gerhart, Grant R ^a,b,f   Bednarz, Edwina L ^a,c,d,e   Meitzler, Thomas J ^a,b   Sohn, Euijung ^a   Karlsen, Robert E ^a,b  

^a U S ARMY TARDEC   (United States)

^b SPIE ^*

^c Oakland Community College   (United States)

^d US Army Tank Automotive and Armaments Command

^e Phi Kappa Phi

^f OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Countermeasures; Detection models; Human perception; Infrared sensors; Sensor performance; Target acquisition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001435423     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.600953     Document Type: Article

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