Detection of dim point targets in cluttered maritime backgrounds through multisensor image fusion

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4718, Issue , 2002, Pages 118-129

  Toet, Alexander ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Detection; Image fusion; Infrared; Mathematical morphology

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SENSOR DATA FUSION;

DINGHIES; FLOATING MINES; MARITIME OPERATIONS; RESCUE OPERATIONS; SEARCH OPERATIONS; SWIMMERS;

INFRARED IMAGING;

EID: 0036911559     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.478798     Document Type: Conference Paper

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