Background-subtraction in thermal imagery using contour saliency

International Journal of Computer Vision

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 161-181

  Davis, James W ^a   Sharma, Vinay ^a  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Background subtraction; Contour saliency map; CSM; FLIR; Infrared; Person detection; Thermal imagery; Video surveillance and monitoring

Indexed keywords

OBJECT RECOGNITION; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); STATISTICAL METHODS; TRACKING (POSITION);

BACKGROUND SUBTRACTION; CONTOUR SALIENCY MAPS (CSM); FLIR; PERSON DETECTION; THERMAL IMAGERY; VIDEO SURVEILLANCE AND MONITORING;

INFRARED IMAGING;

EID: 33748500004     PISSN: 09205691     EISSN: 15731405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11263-006-4121-7     Document Type: Article

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