Target detection, classification, and tracking using a maximum average correlation height and polynomial distance classification correlation filter combination

Optical Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Bhuiyan, Sharif M A ^a,d   Alam, Mohammad S ^b   Sims, S Richard F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b University of South Alabama   (United States)

^c US Army RD and E Command   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Distortion invariant target detection; MACH filter; PDCCF filter; Region of interest; Target detection and classification

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION DETECTORS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; OBJECT RECOGNITION; TARGET TRACKING;

MAXIMUM AVERAGE CORRELATION HEIGHT FILTER; POLYNOMIAL DISTANCE CLASSIFIER CORRELATION FILTER; TARGET CLASSIFICATION;

AUTOMATIC TARGET RECOGNITION;

EID: 33847706900     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2385631     Document Type: Article

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