Alternatives for Landmine Detection
Alternatives for Landmine Detection

Author: Jacqueline MacDonald Gibson

Publisher: Rand Corporation

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 9780833033017

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At the rate that government and nongovernmental organizations are clearing existing landmines, it will take 450-500 years to rid the world of them. Concerned about the slow pace of demining, the Office of Science and Technology asked RAND to assess potential innovative technologies being explored and to project what funding would be required to foster the development of the more promising ones. The authors of this report suggest that the federal government undertake a research and development effort to develop a multisensor mine detection system over the next five to eight years.

Face Recognition Across the Imaging Spectrum
Face Recognition Across the Imaging Spectrum

Author: Thirimachos Bourlai

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-02-12

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 3319285017

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This authoritative text/reference presents a comprehensive review of algorithms and techniques for face recognition (FR), with an emphasis on systems that can be reliably used in operational environments. Insights are provided by an international team of pre-eminent experts into the processing of multispectral and hyperspectral face images captured under uncontrolled environments. These discussions cover a variety of imaging sensors ranging from state-of-the-art visible and infrared imaging sensors, to RGB-D and mobile phone image sensors. A range of different biometric modalities are also examined, including face, periocular and iris. This timely volume is a mine of useful information for researchers, practitioners and students involved in image processing, computer vision, biometrics and security.

Antimonide-based Infrared Detectors
Antimonide-based Infrared Detectors

Author: Antoni Rogalski

Publisher: SPIE-International Society for Optical Engineering

Published: 2017-09

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781510611399

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"Among the many materials investigated in the infrared (IR) field, narrow-gap semiconductors are the most important in IR photon detector family. Although the first widely used narrow-gap materials were lead salts (during the 1950s, IR detectors were built using single-element-cooled PbS and PbSe photoconductive detectors, primary for anti-missile seekers), this semiconductor family was not well distinguished. This situation seems to have resulted from two reasons: the preparation process of lead salt photoconductive polycrystalline detectors was not well understood and could only be reproduced with well-tried recipes; and the theory of narrow-gap semiconductor bandgap structure was not well known for correct interpretation of the measured transport and photoelectrical properties of these materials"--

Ballistics
Ballistics

Author: Donald E. Carlucci

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2007-12-14

Total Pages: 514

ISBN-13: 1420066196

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Even the earliest weapon developers faced the need to understand how and why guns and ammunition work in order to improve their effectiveness. As weapons became more sophisticated, the field of ballistics naturally divided into three main areas of specialization: interior, exterior, and terminal ballistics. Providing unique coverage of all three ar

Biologically Motivated Computer Vision
Biologically Motivated Computer Vision

Author: Heinrich H. Bülthoff

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2003-08-02

Total Pages: 676

ISBN-13: 3540361812

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Biologically Motivated Computer Vision, BMCV 2002, held in Tübingen, Germany, in November 2002. The 22 revised full papers and 37 revised short papers presented together with 6 invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 97 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on neurons and features, motion, mid-level vision, recognition - from scenes to neurons, attention, robotics, and cognitive vision.

Encyclopedia of Optical Engineering: Pho-Z, pages 2049-3050
Encyclopedia of Optical Engineering: Pho-Z, pages 2049-3050

Author: Ronald G. Driggers

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 1100

ISBN-13: 9780824742522

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Compiled by 330 of the most widely respected names in the electro-optical sciences, the Encyclopedia is destined to serve as the premiere guide in the field with nearly 2000 figures, 560 photographs, 260 tables, and 3800 equations. From astronomy to x-ray optics, this reference contains more than 230 vivid entries examining the most intriguing technological advances and perspectives from distinguished professionals around the globe. The contributors have selected topics of utmost importance in areas including digital image enhancement, biological modeling, biomedical spectroscopy, and ocean optics, providing thorough coverage of recent applications in this continually expanding field.