Research Article

Infrared Dim and Small Targets Detection Method Based on Local Energy Center of Sequential Image

Table 1

Advantages and disadvantages about different detection algorithms.

AlgorithmAdvantagesDisadvantages

DBTPipeline filtering method [7]Simple process; easy for engineering implementationFailure when the position of target does not change and low SNR

TBD3D matched filtering method [1]High detection performance; able to detect multiple trajectories simultaneouslyOnly applied to the case of known speed and direction
Project transformation method [2]Effectively reducing the amount of data and storage during the 3D search and detection processNot adapted to the target detection with low SNR and large inter frame displacement
Dynamic programming method [3]Able to detect the target trajectory of points in linear motion in the case of low SNRRequiring a priori knowledge of the velocity window parameters
Multistage hypothesis testing method [4]Able to detect multiple targets in linear motion simultaneouslyOnly adapted to the scene of targets in local uniform linear motion
High-order correlation method [5]Able to detect the linear or curve trajectory, requiring no prior knowledgeDetection results being affected greatly by order

Latest algorithmsVisual saliency [8, 9]Able to quickly locate the region of interestOnly adapted to scenes with big differences between the target and the background, and more obvious characteristics for the target
Sparse representation [1013]Effectively enhancing the sparse feature difference between the target and the background and improving the detection accuracy through trainingOnly adapted to stable or slowly changing background, and scenes with high SNR
The proposed methodAble to effectively detect scenes with low SNR (SNR < 3 dB)Requiring large amount of computation