Prediction of the performance of an algorithm for the detection of small targets in infrared images

Infrared Physics and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 17-22

  Xu, Jun ^a   Zhang, Jiang Qi ^a   Liang, Chang Hong ^a  

^a XIDIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Background prediction; Detection; Detection probability; False alarm probability; Infrared

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347668715     PISSN: 13504495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4495(00)00063-3     Document Type: Article

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