Target detection in active polarization images perturbed with additive noise and illumination nonuniformity

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1678-1686

  Bénière, Arnaud ^a,b   Goudail, François ^a   Dolfi, Daniel ^b   Alouini, Mehdi ^b,c  

^a UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

^b THALES RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALARM SYSTEMS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; POLARIZATION; TARGET DRONES; TARGET TRACKING;

ACTIVE IMAGING SYSTEMS; FALSE ALARMS; GENERALIZED LIKELIHOOD-RATIO TESTS; INTENSITY INFORMATION; NONUNIFORM; NONUNIFORMITY; OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA; ORTHOGONAL POLARIZATIONS; ORTHOGONAL STATE; POLARIZATION IMAGES; POLARIZED LIGHT; REAL SYSTEMS; TARGET DETECTION;

DETECTORS;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ARTIFACTS; LIGHT; LIGHTING; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; OPTICAL PROCESSES;

EID: 67849104728     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.26.001678     Document Type: Article

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