Target detection threshold in noisy color imagery

Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4372, Issue , 2001, Pages 162-169

  Driggers, Ronald G ^a   Krapels, Keith ^a   Vollmerhausen, Rich ^a   Warren, Penny ^b   Scribner, Dean ^b   Howard, Grant ^b   Tsou, Brian H ^c   Krebs, William K ^d  

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

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Color; Modeling; Target Acquisition

Indexed keywords

COLORIMETRY; IMAGE SENSORS; RADIATION DETECTORS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

COLOR TARGET DETECTION;

INFRARED IMAGING;

EID: 0035758809     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.439152     Document Type: Article

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