Multi-spectral laser detection and ranging for range profiling and surface characterization

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2005, Pages

  Wallace, A M ^a   Buller, G S ^a   Sung, R C W ^a   Harkins, R D ^a   McCarthy, A ^a   Hernandez Marin, S ^a   Gibson, G J ^a   Lamb, R ^b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bump hunting; LaDAR; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Maximum likelihood estimation; Photon counting; Time of flight

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; DIODES; LASER BEAMS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

BUMP HUNTING; LASER DETECTION AND RANGING (LADAR) SYSTEMS; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO; PHOTON COUNTING; TIME-OF-FLIGHT;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 18744403348     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/7/6/028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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