Demonstration of improved automatic target-recognition performance by moment analysis of correlation peaks

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1325-1331

  Miller, Paul C ^a   Caprari, Robert S ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

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EID: 0011974091     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.001325     Document Type: Article

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