Fusion of visible and thermal imagery improves situational awareness

Displays

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 85-95

  Toet, A ^a   Ijspeert, J K ^a   Waxman, A M ^b   Aguilar, M ^b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Image fusion; Situational awareness; Thermal imagery; Visual imagery

Indexed keywords

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; VIDEO CAMERAS;

IMAGE FUSION; SITUATIONAL AWARENESS; VISUAL IMAGERY;

INFRARED IMAGING;

EID: 0031364340     PISSN: 01419382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-9382(97)00014-0     Document Type: Article

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