Gated viewing in the atmosphere - A study of performance limits

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4723, Issue , 2002, Pages 57-68

  Klasén, Lena ^a   Steinvall, Ove ^a   Bolander, Göran ^a   Elmqvist, Magnus ^a  

^a SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gated Viewing; Image Enhancement

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; AUTOMATIC TARGET RECOGNITION; CAMERAS; FEATURE EXTRACTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LIGHTING; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

GATED VIEWING; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0036031071     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.476416     Document Type: Conference Paper

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