Detecting and characterising returns in a pulsed ladar system

IEE Proceedings: Vision, Image and Signal Processing

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 160-172

  Wallace, A M ^a   Sung, R C W ^a   Buller, G S ^a   Harkins, R D ^a   Warburton, R E ^a   Lamb, R A ^b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DEMONSTRATIONS; MAGNETOELECTRIC EFFECTS; PHOTONS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SIMULATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TARGETS;

ACCURACY; HISTOGRAM; LASER CHANNELS; TIME-OF-FLIGHT TECHNIQUE;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 33644996792     PISSN: 1350245X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-vis:20045023     Document Type: Article

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