Target classification using active laser polarimetric imaging technique

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7850, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Zhang, Xuguo ^a   Jiang, Yuesong ^a   Guo, Jingping ^b   Lu, Xiaomei ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA ACADEMY OF SPACE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Fusion image; Laser polarimetric imaging; Speckle reduction; Target classification

Indexed keywords

FUSION IMAGE; HIGH-FREQUENCY NOISE; MEDIAN FILTER; POLARIMETRIC IMAGING; POLARIZATION DEGREE; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; PSEUDO-COLORS; RESOLUTION IMAGES; SPECKLE NOISE; SPECKLE REDUCTION; TARGET CLASSIFICATION;

IMAGE CODING; IMAGE FUSION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LOW PASS FILTERS; POLARIZATION; POLAROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; SPECKLE;

POLARIMETERS;

EID: 78651100125     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.882617     Document Type: Conference Paper

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