Robust tracking of multiple objects in sector-scan sonar image sequences using optical flow motion estimation

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-46

  Lane, David M ^a,c,d,e   Chantier, Mike J ^a,c,f   Dai, Dongyong ^b,c,f,g  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UK Defence Industry ^*

^d UK Soc for Underwater Technology   (United Kingdom)

^e Institution of Electrical Engineers   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^g GUIZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Delayed decision; Multiple hypothesis; Optical flow; Sector scan sonar; Segmentation; Target classification; Target tracking

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MOTION PLANNING; OPTICAL FLOWS; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; TRACKING (POSITION); TREES (MATHEMATICS);

DELAYED DECISION; ELECTRONIC SECTOR SCANNING SONARS; MULTIPLE OBJECT TRACKING; TARGET CLASSIFICATION; TARGET TRACKING;

SONAR;

EID: 0031672599     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/48.659448     Document Type: Article

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