Infrared small target detection based on directional zero-crossing measure

Infrared small target detection under complex background and low signal-to-clutter ratio (SCR) condition is of great significance to the development on precision guidance and infrared surveillance. In order to detect targets precisely and extract targets from intricate clutters effectively, a detection method based on zero-crossing saliency (ZCS) map is proposed. The original map is first decomposed into different first-order directional derivative (FODD) maps by using FODD filters. Then the ZCS map is obtained by fusing all directional zero-crossing points. At last, an adaptive threshold is adopted to segment targets from the ZCS map. Experimental results on a series of images show that our method is effective and robust for detection under complex backgrounds. Moreover, compared with other five state-of-the-art methods, our method achieves better performance in terms of detection rate, SCR gain and background suppression factor.     

Infrared image enhancement through saliency feature analysis based on multi-scale decomposition

To improve contrast between dim target region and background in infrared (IR) long-range surveillance, this paper proposes a fast image enhancement approach using saliency feature extraction based on multi-scale decomposition. Firstly, a smooth based multi-scale decomposition is designed and applied to original infrared image, generating sub-images with various frequency components at different decomposition levels. The dim target regions of sub-images are extracted by a local frequency-tuned based saliency feature detection method, secondly. With saliency maps created by saliency extraction using multi-scale local windows with different sizes, the sub-images are enhanced at different decomposition scales. Finally, the enhanced result is reconstructed by synthesizing the all sub-images with adjustable synthetic weights. Since salient areas are analyzed based on fast multi-scale image decomposition, IR image can be s enhanced with good contrast successfully and rapidly. Compared with other algorithms, the experimental results prove that the proposed method is robust and efficient for IR image enhancement.     

Infrared dim target detection based on visual attention

Accurate and fast detection of infrared (IR) dim target has very important meaning for infrared precise guidance, early warning, video surveillance, etc. Based on human visual attention mechanisms, an automatic detection algorithm for infrared dim target is presented. After analyzing the characteristics of infrared dim target images, the method firstly designs Difference of Gaussians (DoG) filters to compute the saliency map. Then the salient regions where the potential targets exist in are extracted by searching through the saliency map with a control mechanism of winner-take-all (WTA) competition and inhibition-of-return (IOR). At last, these regions are identified by the characteristics of the dim IR targets, so the true targets are detected, and the spurious objects are rejected. The experiments are performed for some real-life IR images, and the results prove that the proposed method has satisfying detection effectiveness and robustness. Meanwhile, it has high detection efficiency and can be used for real-time detection.     

基于多特征的快速红外弱小目标检测算法

为了从全向红外搜索和跟踪系统采集的海量大视场高分辨率红外图像中快速准确地检测出红外弱小目标,本文提出了一种基于由粗到细的分阶段检测策略和时空域特征融合的红外弱小目标检测算法.首先,通过引入基于频域的快速显著性检测算法预先检测出目标可能存在的候选区域;其次,对候选区域进行角点检测以判定是否存在候选目标;最后,通过结合帧间时空域特征对候选目标进行进一步判定,以提取真实目标、删除虚假目标.多种实际场景的实验结果表明,该目标检测算法不仅运算量小而且探测概率高、虚警率低,是一种工程实用性能很好的红外弱小目标检测算法.     

采用视觉细胞响应模型的小目标复杂背景抑制

为了提高地面和云层等红外复杂背景下弱小目标的检测性能,提出了一种基于视觉细胞响应模型的红外弱小目标背景抑制新方法.首先利用简单细胞的感受野计算模型将原始图像采用Gabor函数卷积获得相同大小的两幅图像|然后采用设计的复杂细胞响应的非线性汇聚策略函数对获得的两幅图像进行融合处理,从而将红外图像中弱小目标和背景杂波分离,达到抑制背景的目的|最后采用自适应阈值分割技术得到目标点,实现了对红外弱小目标的检测跟踪.实验结果显示,与去局部均值和最大中值滤波两种滤波方法相比较,该方法能有效地检测出信杂比较低的弱小目标信号.     

局部对比度结合区域显著性红外弱小目标检测

为了解决局部对比度方法的计算效率低,以及在某些红外场景中易出现虚警的问题,将其与图像区域显著性相结合,提出一种改进的局部对比度算法——区域局部对比度算法,仅在图像的显著性区域中进行局部对比度计算,而非遍历整幅图像。首先进行基于图像信息熵和局部相似性的红外图像区域显著性度量,经二值化得到单帧图像显著性区域;接下来在该区域中进行局部对比度数值计算,得到区域局部对比度图像,最后经过自适应阈值分割,得到弱小目标检测结果。实验结果表明,区域局部对比度算法可以极大提高红外弱小目标的信噪比,检测结果准确,虚警率低,与原始的局部对比度算法相比,检测效率有明显提升,可以更好地保持弱小目标的形状。     

强杂波背景红外弱小目标检测算法

针对强杂波背景远距离红外弱小信号目标的特点,提出了一种基于自适应滤波的红外弱小信号检测方法。算法首先对图像进行消噪声处理,其次运用自适应滤波方式消除背景增强目标信号,最后进行基于点源目标(试验采集)成像信号特性的判决法则删除虚假目标,算法有效解决了光电探测设备高检测概率与低虚警率的矛盾。实验结果表明:该方法能够在单帧图像上有效提取出小区域信噪比为4的弱小信号目标,检测概率不低于0.75,虚警率不高于1次/100帧。     

基于光流直方图的云背景下低帧频小目标探测方法

对低帧频、云层背景下,低信噪比的弱点目标探测率降低的问题.提出了光流直方图(OFH)的定义.并且给出了OFH的性质.分析了低帧频下红外图像探测弱点目标时探测率降低的原凶,提出了一种基于OFH背景补偿的红外点目标探测算法.利用OFH得到背景的运动欠量.进行运动背景补偿;然后利用目标与云层运动差异性,得到帧间比较结果,并对比较结果通过Robinson滤波器进一步滤除残留的边缘,达到降低虚警的目的.实验结果表明,该算法中以显著提高往复杂背景下红外点目标检测概率,并凡能够探测出信噪比为1的目标.     

Infrared dim small target enhancement using toggle contrast operator

A new infrared dim small target enhancement algorithm based on toggle contrast operator is proposed. Toggle contrast operator is modified and used to construct operators using the image features derived from dilation and erosion operators. Then, based on the constructed operators, the operators which could be used to estimate the clutter background of the original infrared dim small target image are proposed using the same strategy as the definition of opening. Finally, the infrared dim small target is well enhanced through subtracting the estimated background from the original image. Experimental results on infrared images with different types of targets verified that the proposed method could effectively enhance infrared dim small target, which would be very useful for infrared dim small target detection and tracking.     

基于分类的红外云层背景弱小目标检测方法

提出了一种新的基于模糊分类的红外云层背景弱小目标检测方法.根据红外成像的特点,将红外云层背景弱小目标图像分为三类:边缘类、净空及云中类、弱小目标类;对不同类别图像进行分析,建立了分类模型,并定义了方向特征矢量,将其作为类别的特征矢量;根据模糊分类的理论,定义了类相似系数来判别图像中每一个像素的类别属性,保留弱小目标类的像素点完成检测.实验结果表明,该方法能够对红外弱小目标图像中不同类型的区域进行准确的分类,从而较好的实现了对低信杂比的复杂云层背景图像中的弱小目标检测.     

Hybrid multi-resolution detection of moving targets in infrared imagery

A hybrid moving target detection approach in multi-resolution framework for thermal infrared imagery is presented. Background subtraction and optical flow methods are widely used to detect moving targets. However, each method has some pros and cons which limits the performance. Conventional background subtraction is affected by dynamic noise and partial extraction of targets. Fast independent component analysis based background subtraction is efficient for target detection in infrared image sequences; however the noise increases for small targets. Well known motion detection method is optical flow. Still the method produces partial detection for low textured images and also computationally expensive due to gradient calculation for each pixel location. The synergistic approach of conventional background subtraction, fast independent component analysis and optical flow methods at different resolutions provide promising detection of targets with reduced time complexity. The dynamic background noise is compensated by the background update. The methodology is validated with benchmark infrared image datasets as well as experimentally generated infrared image sequences of moving targets in the field under various conditions of varying illumination, ambience temperature and the distance of the target from the sensor location. The significant value of F-measure validates the efficiency of the proposed methodology with high confidence of detection and low false alarms.     

Infrared and visible image fusion method based on saliency detection in sparse domain

Infrared and visible image fusion is a key problem in the field of multi-sensor image fusion. To better preserve the significant information of the infrared and visible images in the final fused image, the saliency maps of the source images is introduced into the fusion procedure. Firstly, under the framework of the joint sparse representation (JSR) model, the global and local saliency maps of the source images are obtained based on sparse coefficients. Then, a saliency detection model is proposed, which combines the global and local saliency maps to generate an integrated saliency map. Finally, a weighted fusion algorithm based on the integrated saliency map is developed to achieve the fusion progress. The experimental results show that our method is superior to the state-of-the-art methods in terms of several universal quality evaluation indexes, as well as in the visual quality.     

基于形态学带通滤波和尺度空间理论的红外弱小目标检测

针对复杂背景下的红外弱小目标检测问题,提出了一种基于形态学带通滤波和尺度空间理论的红外弱小目标检测算法。采用形态学带通滤波对红外图像进行预处理,得到红外弱小目标的潜在区域;利用高斯差分算子获得预处理后的红外图像的尺度空间,并通过尺度空间的极大值检测获得候选目标的位置和尺度;通过对候选目标的信杂比进行阈值化实现红外弱小目标的检测。实验结果和现有方法的对比证明了算法的有效性和稳健性。     

基于波原子变换的红外复杂背景杂波抑制算法

针对红外图像弱小目标检测技术中复杂背景杂波干扰问题,提出了一种基于波原子变换的红外图像背景抑制算法。首先,采用波原子变换对图像进行多尺度和多方向分解,获得原始图像的多尺度和多方向细节特征;然后,根据目标和背景杂波信号的差异,通过频域变换设计的系数调整函数修正经波原子变换后各子带系数,再经波原子逆变换重构得到估计的背景图像;最后,将其与原始图像相减获得背景杂波抑制后的图像。用真实的红外图像序列进行实验,结果显示,与最大中值和小波变换两种算法相比,该算法能有效地抑制红外弱小目标复杂背景杂波,突出目标信号,提高信杂比,具有良好的背景抑制性能。     

一种背景自适应调整的弱点目标探测算法

针对因复杂背景导致低信噪比的弱点目标探测率降低的问题,首先分析了从红外图像中探测弱点目标时,由于复杂和缓变背景下潜在目标探测率不同,而导致目标探测率降低的理论依据;并在该分析的基础上,提出了一种基于背景自适应调整的红外点目标探测算法。该方法利用鲁宾逊(Robinson)保护滤波器从经过预处理的图像中提取潜在目标;通过复杂背景模糊隶属度函数将图像映射到模糊特征平面,并由该特征平面计算背景调整因子,以对提取的潜在目标进行加权调整,从而降低了复杂背景的影响。实验结果表明,该算法可以显著提高复杂背景下红外点目标的检测概率,并且能够探测出信噪比为1的目标。     

Infrared dim target detection based on fractal dimension and third-order characterization

We propose an improved algorithm based on fractal dimension and third-order characterization to detect dim target with cluttered background in an infrared （IR） image. We also illustrate the performance and efficiency comparisons between the presented algorithm and the traditional fractal detection method on real IR images. The experimental results show that the proposed algorithm is robust and efficient for IR dim target detection.     

接收机工作特性曲线在红外成像系统检测性能评估中的应用

提出了一种红外弱小目标检测算法性能评估的方法。该方法通过假设的数学模型给出了评价指标的理论推导过程,得到了虚警概率与检测门限,检测概率与信噪比之间的关系,绘出了接收机工作特性（ROC）曲线。同时,给出了在目标与背景分布函数未知的情况下,利用红外图像序列绘出ROC曲线来评估算法的检测性能。利用该方法得到了四种典型的弱小目标检测算法的ROC曲线,比较了四种算法的检测性能。     

An improved infrared dim and small target detection algorithm based on the contrast mechanism of human visual system

To achieve higher detection rate and lower false alarm rate in dim and small target detection, this paper proposed an improved algorithm based on the contrast mechanism of human visual system (HVS) for infrared small target detection in an image with complicated background. According to the contrast mechanism of HVS, Laplacian of Gaussian (LoG) filter is exploited to deal with the input image, which can not only suppress the background noise and clutter but also enhances the target intensity significantly. As a result it increases the contrast ratio between target and background. To further eliminate residual clutter, we process the filtered image with morphological method in all directions. True target is finally obtained by applying local thresholding segmentation to the pre-processed image. Experimental results demonstrate its superior and reliable detection performance by high detection rate and low false alarm rate.     

层次卷积滤波红外弱小目标检测方法

针对单帧复杂背景红外图像点目标检测算法存在复杂背景下处理效果不理想、处理时间长的问题,提出了一种层次卷积滤波检测算法。主要分为两个部分：第一,根据红外小目标特性,设计一种层次卷积滤波的算子,对图像进行滤波处理,实现图像中小目标的增效和背景抑制的效果;第二,采用基于最大值的自适应阈值方法,对图像进行二值化操作,过滤背景杂波,最终提取到待检测的目标。在大量不同背景红外图像中进行实验,论文算法在背景抑制因子和信噪比增益的性能量化结果上优于现有5种典型红外弱小目标检测算法的性能结果,且平均处理时间仅为高斯拉普拉斯（Laplacian of Gaussian,LoG）滤波算法的30.42%。通过实验对比,表明该层次卷积滤波算法可以有效解决在不同复杂背景下的红外图像中对小目标检测的问题。     

采用视觉细胞响应模型的小目标复杂背景抑制

为了提高地面和云层等红外复杂背景下弱小目标的检测性能,提出了一种基于视觉细胞响应模型的红外弱小目标背景抑制新方法.首先利用简单细胞的感受野计算模型将原始图像采用Gabor函数卷积获得相同大小的两幅图像;然后采用设计的复杂细胞响应的非线性汇聚策略函数对获得的两幅图像进行融合处理,从而将红外图像中弱小目标和背景杂波分离,达...