Decision fusion algorithm for target tracking in infrared imagery

Optical Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1-8

  Dawoud, A ^a   Alam, M S ^a   Bal, A ^a   Loo, C ^a  

^a University of South Alabama   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision fusion; FLIR images; Recoverability; Target tracking

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATIC TARGET RECOGNITION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; MOTION COMPENSATION; SENSOR DATA FUSION; TRACKING (POSITION);

DECISION FUSION; FORWARD LOOKING INFRARED (FLIR) IMAGES; RECOVERABILITY; TARGET TRACKING;

INFRARED IMAGING;

EID: 19044362310     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1844534     Document Type: Article

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