Automatic target recognition using boundary partitioning and invariant features in forward-looking infrared images

Optical Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 524-533

  Sun, Sun Gu ^a   Park, Hyun Wook ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Automatic target recognition; Classification; Feature extraction; Forward looking infrared; Invariant features

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); FEATURE EXTRACTION; INFRARED IMAGING; MILITARY VEHICLES; MULTILAYER NEURAL NETWORKS;

BOUNDARY PARTITIONING;

AUTOMATIC TARGET RECOGNITION;

EID: 0037302101     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1532743     Document Type: Article

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