New class of top-hat transformation to enhance infrared small targets

Journal of Electronic Imaging

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Bai, Xiangzhi ^a   Zhou, Fugen ^a   Xie, Yongchun ^b  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF CONTROL ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SMALL TARGETS; STRUCTURING ELEMENT; TOP-HAT TRANSFORMATION;

TARGETS;

EID: 67349261374     PISSN: 10179909     EISSN: 1560229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2955943     Document Type: Article

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