Methods for recognition of natural and man-made objects using laser radar data

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5412, Issue , 2004, Pages 310-320

  Grönwall, Christina ^b   Chevalier, Tomas ^b   Persson, Åsa ^b   Elmqvist, Magnus ^b   Ahlberg, Simon ^b   Klasén, Lena ^b   Andersson, Pierre ^a  

^a SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Laser radar; Method overview; Object recognition; Object reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; LASER BEAMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; OBJECT RECOGNITION; RADAR TARGET RECOGNITION; RURAL AREAS;

MAN-MADE OBJECTS; MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS; METHOD OVERVIEW; OBJECT RECONSTRUCTION;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 10044287271     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.542055     Document Type: Conference Paper

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