@article{8283e1bd4b864de498e5cd6a6cecb520,
title = "Analysis of false alarm distributions in the development and evaluation of hyperspectral point target detection algorithms",
abstract = "We analyze the efficacy of various point target detection algorithms for hyperspectral data. We present a novel way to measure the discrimination capability of a target detection algorithm; we avoid being critically dependent on the particular placement of a target in the image by examining the overall ability to detect a target throughout the various backgrounds of the cube. We first demonstrate this approach by analyzing previously published algorithms from the literature; we then present two new dissimilar algorithms that are designed to eliminate false alarms on edges. Trade-offs between the probability of detection and false alarms rates are considered. We use our metrics to quantify the improved capability of the proposed algorithms over the standard algorithms.",
keywords = "Algorithm performance metric, Hyperspectral, Point target detection",
author = "Caefer, {Charlene E.} and Stefanou, {Marcus S.} and Nielsen, {Eric D.} and Rizzuto, {Anthony P.} and Ori Raviv and Rotman, {Stanley R.}",
note = "Funding Information: The cameras used to collect the Vis/NIR and MWIR data were designed and fabricated by William Ewing and Steven DiSalvo of AFRL/SNHI and Jonathan Mooney and Toby Reeves of Solid State Scientific Corporation. The HYDICE data was provided by the Spectral Information Technology Application Center (SITAC). Thanks go to Amro Farid for sharing his idea of adding a constant to the denominator of an earlier version of our standard deviation filter. We thank Clement Wong and Karen Duseau for software support, which included but was not limited to automating our processes. We are grateful to Linda Bouthillette for graphic assistance and to Jerry Silverman and Virgil Vickers for critical review of the manuscript. We thank the Paul Ivanier Centers for Robotics and Industrial Production, Beer-Sheva, Israel, for partial funding of this work. This work was funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research as directed by Dr. Donald Silversmith and a USAF International Research Initiative Contract as managed by Dr. Michael Milligan of EOARD.",
year = "2007",
month = jul,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1117/1.2759894",
language = "English",
volume = "46",
journal = "Optical Engineering",
issn = "0091-3286",
publisher = "SPIE",
number = "7",
}