New metric for predicting target acquisition performance

Richard H. Vollmerhausen; Eddie L. Jacobs; Ronald G. Driggers

doi:10.1117/12.487215

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22 August 2003 New metric for predicting target acquisition performance

Richard H. Vollmerhausen, Eddie L. Jacobs, Ronald G. Driggers

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Proceedings Volume 5076, Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing XIV; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.487215
Event: AeroSense 2003, 2003, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

A new target acquisition metric has been developed which provides better accuracy than the Johnson criteria. Further, unlike the Johnson criteria, the new metric can be applied directly to sampled imagers and to imagers which exhibit colored (spectrally weighted) noise or frequency boost. This paper describes the new metric. Experimental data are provided showing the problems with the Johnson criteria and illustrating the robust performance of the new metric.

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Richard H. Vollmerhausen, Eddie L. Jacobs, and Ronald G. Driggers "New metric for predicting target acquisition performance", Proc. SPIE 5076, Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing XIV, (22 August 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.487215

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