A space-time adaptive detector for moving targets based on the analysis of variance

Author

Cheung, Julian F Y ; Genello, Gerard J. ; Wicks, Michael C.

Author_Institution

Radar Signal Process. Branch, Air Force Res. Lab. Sensors Directorate, Rome, NY, USA

fYear

1998

Firstpage

299

Lastpage

304

Abstract

We present a new methodology for detecting moving objects based on the analysis of variance. This new detector is a generalization of feature based and optical-flow based techniques. Our algorithm is effective in enhancing the detection of range-spread/Doppler-spread targets and in suppressing background interference, with application to synthetic aperture radar and high resolution millimeter wave imaging sensors, in addition to optical and infrared cameras. The statistics necessary for implementation are estimated under both the null hypothesis and its alternative. The performance is demonstrated via analysis of measured data

Keywords

Doppler effect; Gaussian noise; adaptive radar; adaptive signal detection; cameras; edge detection; feature extraction; image resolution; image segmentation; image sensors; image sequences; infrared imaging; interference suppression; millimetre wave imaging; radar detection; radar imaging; radar interference; synthetic aperture radar; Gaussian noise; background interference suppression; edge detection; feature based based techniques; high resolution millimeter wave imaging sensors; image segmentation; infrared camera; measured data; moving targets; null hypothesis; optical camera; optical-flow based techniques; range-spread/Doppler-spread targets; space-time adaptive detector; statistics; synthetic aperture radar; variance analysis; Adaptive optics; Analysis of variance; Image resolution; Infrared detectors; Infrared image sensors; Interference suppression; Millimeter wave measurements; Object detection; Optical sensors; Radar detection;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radar Conference, 1998. RADARCON 98. Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE

Conference_Location

Dallas, TX

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4492-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NRC.1998.678018

Filename

678018