Passive IR polarization measurements applied to covered surface landmines

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5089, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 547-557

  Forssell, Göran ^a  

^a SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Emissivity; Infrared; IR; Polarization; Surface laid mines

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; INFRARED IMAGING; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; OBJECT RECOGNITION; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EMISSIVITY; LANDMINES;

ORDNANCE;

EID: 0242550718     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.487163     Document Type: Conference Paper

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