Perceptual evaluation of different image fusion schemes

Displays

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-37

  Toet, Alexander ^a   Franken, Eric M ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Image fusion; Infrared; Intensified imagery; Scene recognition; Situational awareness

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; SENSORY PERCEPTION; VEHICLE LOCATING SYSTEMS;

IMAGE FUSION;

GESTURE RECOGNITION;

EID: 0037318043     PISSN: 01419382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-9382(02)00069-0     Document Type: Article

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