Infrared Small Target Detection Based on Multiscale Kurtosis Map Fusion and Optical Flow Method

• Published in: Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 23; no. 3; p. 1660
• Main Authors: Xin, Jinglin, Cao, Xinxin, Xiao, Hu, Liu, Teng, Liu, Rong, Xin, Yunhong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 02.02.2023; MDPI
• Subjects: Algorithms; False alarms; Image interpretation, Computer assisted; Infrared imaging; Infrared imaging systems; infrared small target; Kurtosis; Methods; Morphology; multiscale kurtosis map; Noise; optical flow field; Sparsity; Target acquisition; target detect; China; infrared small target; multiscale kurtosis map; target detect; optical flow field

The uncertainty of target sizes and the complexity of backgrounds are the main reasons for the poor detection performance of small infrared targets. Focusing on this issue, this paper presents a robust and accurate algorithm that combines multiscale kurtosis map fusion and the optical flow method fo...