Evaluation of an optical correlator automatic target recognition system for acquisition and tracking in densely cluttered natural scenes

Optical Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1814-1825

  Miller, Paul C ^a   Royce, Michael ^a   Virgo, Peter ^a   Fiebig, Merrllyn ^a   Hamlyn, Garry ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; OPTICAL CORRELATION;

AUTOMATIC TARGET RECOGNITION SYSTEMS;

CORRELATORS;

EID: 0033224824     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.602234     Document Type: Article

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