Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 51, Issue 8, 20210914(2022)

Infrared small target detection method based on the improved weighted enhanced local contrast measurement

Xiaofeng Lu, Xiaofei Bai, Sixun Li, Xuan Wang, and Xinhong Hei
Author Affiliations
  • Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710048, China
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    Figures & Tables(9)
    Nested window
    Algorithm flow chart
    Raw infrared image
    The processing results of each stage of the proposed method
    Detection results of different methods
    ROC curves of Group A-Group D
    • Table 1. Details of the dataset

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      Table 1. Details of the dataset

      FrameImage resolutionTarget typeBackground description
      Group A70$ 256\times 200 $Plane targetComplex sky background
      Group B152640 $ \times 512 $Plane targetA comparatively smooth sky background
      Group C289$ 127\times 127 $, 300 $\times \mathrm{200,320}\times 240,\mathrm{e}\mathrm{t}\mathrm{c}.$Plane target, truck target, ship targetComplex background interference
      Group D460$ 256\times 256 $Plane targetComplex land background
    • Table 2. Different algorithms for SCRG and BSF

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      Table 2. Different algorithms for SCRG and BSF

      GroupMPCMHBMLCMRLCMWLCMLIGVARDWSLCMProposed
      SCRG A13.774038.451535.696414.141840.866352.071064.594681.5212
      B0.227941.298546.318716.489841.574853.141659.369778.1993
      C18.113742.071642.561716.055651.924996.124196.7909113.1314
      D14.757929.698238.59276.460325.077246.729455.727467.7811
      BSF A3.853696.898714.31953.9775142.7530506.51471.7110E41.5063E5
      B9.3584135.505127.970115.82391.5340 E31.5539E31.0310E48.4945E5
      C10.8951239.365035.33254.4159914.21296.7779E61.0037E74.6611E9
      D6.882236.05687.06032.482815.1681131.0641748.63777.5116E3
    • Table 3. Average running time of different algorithms (Unit: s)

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      Table 3. Average running time of different algorithms (Unit: s)

      GroupMPCMHBMLCMRLCMWLCMLIGVARDWSLCMProposed
      A0.04060.01531.09031.25530.54860.01071.52001.4018
      B0.13010.05826.49747.90613.71950.03788.71448.3904
      C0.04720.01461.07371.53800.86900.01131.53941.3968
      D0.05020.01631.47271.58010.71340.01262.06761.9152
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    Category: Infrared technology and application

    Received: Nov. 29, 2021

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jan. 9, 2023

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    DOI:10.3788/IRLA20210914

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