Detection of unusual events in intermittent non-Gaussian images using multiresolution background models

Optical Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 3159-3171

  Watson, Graham H ^a   Watson, Sharon K ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fractal; Multiresolution analysis; Non gaussian background; Target detection; Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001692423     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.601056     Document Type: Article

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