An experimental system for IR and SAR image exploitation

摘要

The changing reconnaissance tasks in the world demand new solutions which are influenced by different technical approaches. They range from individual image processing steps to powerful fusion and classification techniques. In order to develop, integrate and test image exploitation techniques, an experimental system for IR and SAR image exploitation has been realized. In this article we report on its technical features. Image data acquired during flight campaigns is fed into the experimental system to test and validate different image exploitation modules. The performance of integrated automatic target recognition algorithms is evaluated by systematic testing. This is illustrated on hand from some examples.