National imagery interpretation rating system and the probabilities of detection, recognition, and identification

Optical Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1952-1959

  Driggers, Ronald G ^a,b,d   Cox, Paul ^a,b,e,f,g   Kelley, Michael ^c,h,i,j,k  

^a SPIE   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c NIGHT VISION AND ELECTRONIC SENSORS DIRECTORATE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^f CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^g US Army's Night Vis Electron S   (United States)

^h DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY   (United States)

ⁱ Sci Applic Intl Corporation ^*

^j NVESD   (United States)

^k United States Southern Command   (United States)

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Author keywords

Imaging performance; Infrared systems; National imagery interpretation rating systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010420764     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.601381     Document Type: Article

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