Development of the gray-level co-occurrence matrix target trackability metric for imaging infrared missile systems

Brian A. Brackney; Monte Keith Helton; Ricky Keith Hammon

doi:10.1117/12.319377

26 August 1998 Development of the gray-level co-occurrence matrix target trackability metric for imaging infrared missile systems

Brian A. Brackney, Monte Keith Helton, Ricky Keith Hammon

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Proceedings Volume 3377, Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing IX; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.319377
Event: Aerospace/Defense Sensing and Controls, 1998, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

The Missile Research Development and Engineering Center (MRDEC) of the US Army Aviation and Missile Command has an ongoing effort to develop trackability metrics for imaging target trackers. Experience with imaging IR imagery has shown that classic approaches to target signature or trackability metrics employing signal-to-clutter ratio expressions are inadequate for resolved targets. Analysis of real imagery suggests that these expressions are limited by the use of first-order statistics to quantify the structure of both the target and the background. In most imagery for example, the background can not be adequately described by a single Gaussian-like process and thus, violate fundamental assumptions of these approaches. This paper summarizes the results of a multi-year effort that has resulted in the development of a Gray-Level Co-occurrence Matrix based Trackability Metric. This metric has become the basis for algorithm development and performance evaluation tools at MRDEC for both imaging terminal-homing missile seekers and imaging fire control applications.

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Brian A. Brackney, Monte Keith Helton, and Ricky Keith Hammon "Development of the gray-level co-occurrence matrix target trackability metric for imaging infrared missile systems", Proc. SPIE 3377, Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing IX, (26 August 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.319377

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