Validation of the new triangle orientation discrimination method and ACQUIRE model predictions using observer performance data for ship targets

Optical Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1984-1994

  Bijl, Piet ^a   Valeton, J Mathieu ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ACQUIRE; Minimum resolvable contrast; Sensor performance; Target acquisition; Triangle orientation discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 0542395711     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.601701     Document Type: Article

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