EO/IR ATR performance modeling to support fusion experimentation

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6566, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Kahler, Bart ^a,d   Blasch, Erik ^b   Pikas, David J ^c   Ross, Tim ^b  

^a GENERAL DYNAMICS   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c JACOBS ENGINEERING   (United States)

^d GENERAL DYNAMICS ADVANCED INFORMATION SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

ATR; EO; Fusion; Identification; IR; Multiple looks; OCs; Operating conditions; Performance model

Indexed keywords

MULTIPLE LOOKS; OPERATING CONDITIONS; PERFORMANCE MODELS; SENSOR REGISTRATION;

ALGORITHMS; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; IMAGE REGISTRATION; INFRARED IMAGING; SENSOR DATA FUSION; TARGET TRACKING;

IMAGE SENSORS;

EID: 35948962814     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.719591     Document Type: Conference Paper

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