Performance of 3-D laser radar through vegetation and camouflage

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5792, Issue , 2005, Pages 129-142

  Steinvall, Ove ^a   Larsson, Håkan ^a   Gustafsson, Frank ^a   Letalick, Dietmar ^a   Chevalier, Tomas ^a   Persson, Åsa ^a   Andersson, Pierre ^a  

^a SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

3 D focal plane array; Laser radar; Terrain reflectivity; Vegetation penetration

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; SCANNING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

3-D FOCAL PLANE ARRAY; DATA SET; TERRAIN REFLECTIVITY; VEGETATION REFLECTIVITY;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 26844441541     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.603546     Document Type: Conference Paper

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