Small object detection and tracking: a comprehensive review

B Mirzaei, H Nezamabadi-Pour, A Raoof… - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Object detection and tracking are vital in computer vision and visual surveillance, allowing
for the detection, recognition, and subsequent tracking of objects within images or video …

A survey of body sensor networks

X Lai, Q Liu, X Wei, W Wang, G Zhou, G Han - Sensors, 2013 - mdpi.com
The technology of sensor, pervasive computing, and intelligent information processing is
widely used in Body Sensor Networks (BSNs), which are a branch of wireless sensor …

Analysis of new top-hat transformation and the application for infrared dim small target detection

X Bai, F Zhou - Pattern Recognition, 2010 - Elsevier
To improve the performance of top-hat transformation for infrared dim small target detection
in a simple and effective way, the definition, properties, multi-scale operations of new top-hat …

A spatial-temporal feature-based detection framework for infrared dim small target

J Du, H Lu, L Zhang, M Hu, S Chen… - … on Geoscience and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The detection of infrared small targets under low signal-to-clutter ratio (SCR) and complex
background conditions has been a challenging and popular research topic. In this article, a …

Infrared small target detection via adaptive M-estimator ring top-hat transformation

L Deng, J Zhang, G Xu, H Zhu - Pattern Recognition, 2021 - Elsevier
Top-Hat transformation is an essential technology in the field of infrared small target
detection. Many modified Top-Hat transformation methods have been proposed based on …

Image enhancement using multi scale image features extracted by top-hat transform

X Bai, F Zhou, B Xue - Optics & Laser Technology, 2012 - Elsevier
To efficiently enhance images, a novel algorithm using multi scale image features extracted
by top-hat transform is proposed in this paper. Firstly, the multi scale bright and dim regions …

A robust directional saliency-based method for infrared small-target detection under various complex backgrounds

S Qi, J Ma, C Tao, C Yang, J Tian - IEEE Geoscience and …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Infrared small-target detection plays an important role in image processing for infrared
remote sensing. In this letter, different from traditional algorithms, we formulate this problem …

QRS detection based on multiscale mathematical morphology for wearable ECG devices in body area networks

F Zhang, Y Lian - IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A novel wearable electrocardiograph (ECG) QRS detection algorithm for wearable ECG
devices in body area networks is presented in this paper, which utilizes the multistage …

Infrared maritime dim small target detection based on spatiotemporal cues and directional morphological filtering

Y Li, Z Li, C Zhang, Z Luo, Y Zhu, Z Ding… - Infrared Physics & …, 2021 - Elsevier
The existing small target detection algorithms will suffer severe performance deterioration
when the weak target is submerged in heavy cluttered infrared (IR) maritime image. To settle …

A real-time detection and positioning method for small and weak targets using a 1D morphology-based approach in 2D images

MS Wei, F Xing, Z You - Light: Science & Applications, 2018 - nature.com
A small and weak target detection method is proposed in this work that outperforms all other
methods in terms of real-time capability. It is the first time that two-dimensional (2D) images …