Bio-inspired visual attention in agile sensing for target detection

International Journal of Sensor Networks

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 98-111

  Liu, Jing ^a   Xiao, Yang ^a   Hao, Qi ^b   Ghaboosi, Kaveh ^c  

^a University of Alabama   (United States)

^b University of Alabama   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bio inspired; Sensor networks; Target detection; UAV; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

AGILE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; AIRCRAFT DETECTION; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

ALGORITHM AND IMPLEMENTATION; ARTIFICIAL VISION SYSTEM; BIOLOGICAL VISION SYSTEMS; BOTTOM UP; FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS; RELEVANT TARGET; SENSORS NETWORK; TARGETS DETECTION; TOPDOWN; VISUAL ATTENTION;

SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 77952585809     PISSN: 17481279     EISSN: 17481287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSNET.2009.024680     Document Type: Article

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