Active imaging system performance model for target acquisition

Richard L. Espinola; Brian Teaney; Quang Nguyen; Eddie L. Jacobs; Carl E. Halford; David H. Tofsted

doi:10.1117/12.719714

30 April 2007 Active imaging system performance model for target acquisition

Richard L. Espinola, Brian Teaney, Quang Nguyen, Eddie L. Jacobs, Carl E. Halford, David H. Tofsted

Proceedings Volume 6543, Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing XVIII; 65430T (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.719714
Event: Defense and Security Symposium, 2007, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

The U.S. Army RDECOM CERDEC Night Vision & Electronic Sensors Directorate has developed a laser-range-gated imaging system performance model for the detection, recognition, and identification of vehicle targets. The model is based on the established US Army RDECOM CERDEC NVESD sensor performance models of the human system response through an imaging system. The Java-based model, called NVLRG, accounts for the effect of active illumination, atmospheric attenuation, and turbulence effects relevant to LRG imagers, such as speckle and scintillation, and for the critical sensor and display components. This model can be used to assess the performance of recently proposed active SWIR systems through various trade studies. This paper will describe the NVLRG model in detail, discuss the validation of recent model components, present initial trade study results, and outline plans to validate and calibrate the end-to-end model with field data through human perception testing.

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Richard L. Espinola, Brian Teaney, Quang Nguyen, Eddie L. Jacobs, Carl E. Halford, and David H. Tofsted "Active imaging system performance model for target acquisition", Proc. SPIE 6543, Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing XVIII, 65430T (30 April 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.719714

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