Dim target detection in infrared imagery

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2006

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Çifçi, Barış

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This thesis examines the performance of some dim target detection algorithms in low-SNR imaging scenarios. In the past research, there have been numerous attempts for detection and tracking barely visible targets for military surveillance applications with infrared sensors. In this work, two of these algorithms are analyzed via extensive simulations. In one of these approaches, dynamic programming is exploited to coherently integrate the visible energy of dim targets over possible relative directions, whereas the other method is a Bayesian formulation for which the target likelihood is updated along time to be able to detect a target moving in any direction. Extensive experiments are conducted for these methods by using synthetic image sequences, as well as some real test data. The simulation results indicate that it is possible to detect dim targets in quite low-SNR conditions. Moreover, the performance might further increase, in case of incorporating any a priori information about the target trajectory.

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Electrical Engineering., Electronics., Nuclear Engineering.

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http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12607636/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/16091

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B. Çifçi, “Dim target detection in infrared imagery,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2006.