Evaluation of a passive millimeter wave (PMMW) imager for wire detection in degraded visual conditions

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7309, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Appleby, Roger ^a   Coward, Peter ^a   Sanders Reed, John N ^b  

^a QinetiQ ^*  (Germany)

^b BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown out; Ddegraded visual conditions; Imaging; Millimeter Wave; Passive millimeter wave; Wire detection

Indexed keywords

BROWN-OUT; COMMERCIAL OFF THE SHELVES; DATA COLLECTION; DDEGRADED VISUAL CONDITIONS; DIGITAL RECORDING SYSTEM; GPS DATA; IMAGING; LAND ROVERS; LONGWAVE INFRARED; PASSIVE MILLIMETER WAVE; POWER LINES; REDUCED VISIBILITY; SPECIFIC SITES; TRANSITION PERIOD; VISIBLE IMAGING; VISIBLE SENSORS; VISUAL CONDITION; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

CAMERAS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; GROUND VEHICLES; IMAGE SENSORS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MILLIMETER WAVES; WIRE;

MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES;

EID: 69549118716     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.820827     Document Type: Conference Paper

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