Detection versus false alarm characterisation of a vision-based airborne dim-target collision detection system

Proceedings - 2011 International Conference on Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications, DICTA 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 448-455

  Lai, John ^a   Ford, Jason J ^a   Mejias, Luis ^a   O'Shea, Peter ^a   Walker, Rodney ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

collision; detection; false alarm; hidden Markov model; morphology; vision

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ERROR DETECTION; ERRORS; HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MORPHOLOGY; VISION;

CLUTTERED BACKGROUNDS; COLLISION; COLLISION SCENARIOS; CONTROLLED COLLISIONS; DIM TARGET DETECTION; EXPERIMENTAL DIFFICULTIES; FALSE ALARMS; SYSTEM OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS;

ALARM SYSTEMS;

EID: 84857025728     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/DICTA.2011.82     Document Type: Conference Paper

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