Constant false alarm rate detection of point targets using distributed sensors

Optical Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 401-416

  Lampropoulos, George A ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Anastassopoulos, Vassilis ^a,c,f,j   Boulter, James F ^b  

^a A U G SIGNALS LTD   (Canada)

^b DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA VALCARTIER   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^h SPAR Aerospace Limited ^*  (Canada)

ⁱ Intl Conf Applic Photonic T   (Canada)

^j University of Patras ^*

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Author keywords

Constant false alarm rate; Detection; Distributed processing; Fusion; Sensor fusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005413491     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.601626     Document Type: Article

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