Search and detection modeling of military imaging systems

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5784, Issue , 2005, Pages 201-215

  Maurer, Tana ^a   Driggers, Ronald G ^a   Wilson, David L ^a  

^a U S ARMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL VISION MODELS; INFRARED IMAGERS; MILITARY IMAGING SYSTEMS; NIGHT VISION AND ELECTRONIC SENSORS DIRECTORATE (NVESD);

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER VISION; DEMODULATION; IMAGE SENSORS; INFRARED IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; TARGET DRONES;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 26844505062     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.604745     Document Type: Conference Paper

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