• Acta Optica Sinica
  • Vol. 37, Issue 11, 1104001 (2017)
Rang Liu1、2, Dejiang Wang1、*, Ping Jia1, and Xin Che1、2
Author Affiliations
  • 1 Key Laboratory of Airborne Optical Imaging and Measurement, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin 130033, China
  • 2 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/AOS201737.1104001 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Rang Liu, Dejiang Wang, Ping Jia, Xin Che. Point Target Detection Based on Omnidirectional Morphology Filtering and Local Characteristic Criterion[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2017, 37(11): 1104001 Copy Citation Text show less
    Morphologies of point targets with (a) one pixel, (b) two pixels, (c) three pixels, (d) four pixels, and (e) multiple pixels
    Fig. 1. Morphologies of point targets with (a) one pixel, (b) two pixels, (c) three pixels, (d) four pixels, and (e) multiple pixels
    (a) Complex cloud background; (b) enlarged view of cloud background edge; (c) three-dimensional grey-scale map corresponding to Fig. 2(b)
    Fig. 2. (a) Complex cloud background; (b) enlarged view of cloud background edge; (c) three-dimensional grey-scale map corresponding to Fig. 2(b)
    Structural elements in eight-directions. (a) 0° ; (b) 45°; (c) 90°; (d) 135°; (e) 180°; (f) 225°; (g) 270°; (h) 315°
    Fig. 3. Structural elements in eight-directions. (a) 0° ; (b) 45°; (c) 90°; (d) 135°; (e) 180°; (f) 225°; (g) 270°; (h) 315°
    Candidate point configuration detected by 0°-direction structural element
    Fig. 4. Candidate point configuration detected by 0°-direction structural element
    Comparison among detection results. (a) Original infrared image; (b) detection result by TH transformation; (c) detection result by omnidirectional morphology
    Fig. 5. Comparison among detection results. (a) Original infrared image; (b) detection result by TH transformation; (c) detection result by omnidirectional morphology
    Sketch map of four directional vectors of candidate points
    Fig. 6. Sketch map of four directional vectors of candidate points
    Schematic of cross-pixel point target
    Fig. 7. Schematic of cross-pixel point target
    Gray level images of (a) point target imaging at pixel center, (b) point target across 4 pixels, and (c) noisy point
    Fig. 8. Gray level images of (a) point target imaging at pixel center, (b) point target across 4 pixels, and (c) noisy point
    Energy concentration degree of point targets
    Fig. 9. Energy concentration degree of point targets
    Image acquisition equipment
    Fig. 10. Image acquisition equipment
    Target detection results. (a)-(c) Original infrared images; (d)-(f) results after adaptive threshold detection; (g)-(i) results after removal of background edges; (j)-(l) results after removal of noise
    Fig. 11. Target detection results. (a)-(c) Original infrared images; (d)-(f) results after adaptive threshold detection; (g)-(i) results after removal of background edges; (j)-(l) results after removal of noise
    Signal-to-noise ratio of point targets
    Fig. 12. Signal-to-noise ratio of point targets
    Processing results from different algorithms. (a) Max-median filter algorithm; (b) DoG scale-space detection algorithm; (c) BM3D algorithm; (d) GMM algorithm
    Fig. 13. Processing results from different algorithms. (a) Max-median filter algorithm; (b) DoG scale-space detection algorithm; (c) BM3D algorithm; (d) GMM algorithm
    ParameterContent
    Wavelength /μm7.7-11.3
    Resolution /(pixel×pixel)320×256
    Pixel size /μm30
    Output digits14
    Frame frequency /Hz100
    Noise equivalent temperature difference /mK19
    Field of view /[(°)×(°)]14.40×11.54
    Table 1. Parameters of infrared focal plane detector
    MethodRCDR/%RFAR/%Running time /s
    Max-median filter algorithm77.915.90.45
    DoG scale-space detection algorithm82.210.20.61
    BM3D algorithm95.16.93.10
    GMM algorithm94.17.22.98
    Proposed method99.80.10.47
    Table 2. Performance comparison of target detection algorithms
    Rang Liu, Dejiang Wang, Ping Jia, Xin Che. Point Target Detection Based on Omnidirectional Morphology Filtering and Local Characteristic Criterion[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2017, 37(11): 1104001
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