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Target discrimination using a polarization-sensitive thermal imaging sensor

Chun et al., 1997

Document ID
14222440455035392133
Author
Chun C
Fleming D
Harvey W
Torok E
Publication year
Publication venue
Targets and Backgrounds: Characterization and Representation III

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ABSTRACT Physics Innovations Inc. has developed polarization-sensitive thermal imaging sensors with high spatial resolution. In this paper we describe a method where video frames are captured and processed into images of the target's temperature distribution and the …
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