Improving the detection of low-density weapons in x-ray luggage scans using image enhancement and novel scene-decluttering techniques

Journal of Electronic Imaging

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 523-538

  Abidi, Besma ^a   Liang, Jimin ^b   Mitckes, Mark ^a   Abidi, Mongi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b XIDIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRPORT SCREENERS; IMAGE HASHING; IMAGE SLICING; RADON TRANSFORM; SCENE DECLUTTERING TECHNIQUES; X RAY LUGGAGE SCANS;

ALGORITHMS; GUNS (ARMAMENT); IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; X RAY APPARATUS;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

EID: 4944246163     PISSN: 10179909     EISSN: 1560229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1760571     Document Type: Article

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