A relative clutter metric

Author

Meitzler, T. ; Gerhart, G. ; Singh, H.

Author_Institution

TARDEC, Warren, MI, USA

Volume

34

Issue

3

fYear

1998

fDate

7/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

968

Lastpage

976

Abstract

Clutter plays a very important role in the area of machine and human-in-the-loop target acquisition. A great deal of interest has recently been shown in assessing several different definitions of clutter. In spite of so many definitions available, no single clutter definition has been agreed on by the infrared community as being the best. We develop a new clutter metric, called relative clutter, which is based on factor analysis which is extensively used for statistical analysis. This relative clutter combines many definitions of clutter. Different methods for calculating the relative clutter based on the magnitude of the eigenvalues obtained from the correlation matrix are suggested. The relative clutter of many images is analyzed

Keywords

clutter; correlation theory; eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; infrared imaging; object detection; optical tracking; probability; correlation matrix; factor analysis; human-in-the-loop target acquisition; infrared images; machine target acquisition; relative clutter metric; statistical analysis; target detection; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Image analysis; Image processing; Layout; Measurement standards; Pixel; Probability; Statistical analysis; Vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9251

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/7.705903

Filename

705903