TY - GEN
T1 - Detection of occluded targets using thermal imaging spectroscopy
AU - Shimoni, M.
AU - Perneel, Christiaan
AU - Gagnon, J. P.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Automatic detection of occluded targets from a sequence of images is an interesting area of research for defense related application. In this paper, change detection methods are investigated for the detection of buried improvised explosive devices (IED) using temporal thermal hyperspectral scenes. Specifically, the paper assesses the detection of buried small aluminium plates using the TELOPS Hyper-Cam sensor and by applying two change detection algorithms: multivariate statistical based method (Cross-Covariance (CC)) and class-conditional change detector (QCC). It was found that spectral based change detection is a good method for the detection of buried IED under disturbed soil. Moreover, the Cross-Covariance (CC)) and the class-conditional (QCC) change detector were able to detect changes using short temporal sequences as long temporal sequences pairs.
AB - Automatic detection of occluded targets from a sequence of images is an interesting area of research for defense related application. In this paper, change detection methods are investigated for the detection of buried improvised explosive devices (IED) using temporal thermal hyperspectral scenes. Specifically, the paper assesses the detection of buried small aluminium plates using the TELOPS Hyper-Cam sensor and by applying two change detection algorithms: multivariate statistical based method (Cross-Covariance (CC)) and class-conditional change detector (QCC). It was found that spectral based change detection is a good method for the detection of buried IED under disturbed soil. Moreover, the Cross-Covariance (CC)) and the class-conditional (QCC) change detector were able to detect changes using short temporal sequences as long temporal sequences pairs.
KW - Buried object
KW - Change detection
KW - Improvised explosive devices (IED)
KW - Thermal hyperspectral
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=78649238312&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/WHISPERS.2010.5594934
DO - 10.1109/WHISPERS.2010.5594934
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:78649238312
SN - 9781424489077
T3 - 2nd Workshop on Hyperspectral Image and Signal Processing: Evolution in Remote Sensing, WHISPERS 2010 - Workshop Program
BT - 2nd Workshop on Hyperspectral Image and Signal Processing
T2 - 2nd Workshop on Hyperspectral Image and Signal Processing: Evolution in Remote Sensing, WHISPERS 2010
Y2 - 14 June 2010 through 16 June 2010
ER -