Method of Passive Image Based Crater Autonomous Detection

Chinese Journal of Aeronautics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 301-306

  Meng, Ding ^a   Yunfeng, Cao ^a   Qingxian, Wu ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

Author keywords

autonomous detection; chord midpoint; crater detection; Hough transform; passive image

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION FIELDS; AUTONOMOUS DETECTION; AUTONOMOUS LANDING; CENTER POINTS; CHORD MIDPOINT; CHORD MIDPOINT HOUGH TRANSFORMS; CRATER DETECTION; DETECTION ALGORITHM; EDGE INFORMATION; IMAGE-BASED; IMPACT CRATERS; PASSIVE IMAGE; PLANETARY SURFACES; PRE-PROCESSING; RECTANGULAR REGIONS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

HOUGH TRANSFORMS; PLANETS; SATELLITES; SOLAR SYSTEM;

EDGE DETECTION;

EID: 67649224919     PISSN: 10009361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1000-9361(08)60103-X     Document Type: Article

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