Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220)

Special Issue

Detection and Tracking of Targets in Forward-Looking InfraRed (FLIR) Imagery

http://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors/special_issues/FLIR


## Introduction ##

Detection and tracking of targets in forward looking infrared (FLIR) imagery are
challenging tasks. IR sensors often provide low signal-to-noise ratio and heavy
background cluttering images. Non-stationary cameras can introduce also more
challenges, as detection and tracking can require to properly deal with sensor
ego-motion through suitable estimation and compensation techniques. Moreover,
further issues are posed by imagery with multiple and possibly moving target and
non-target objects, that can blend in the background, change their signature, size,
shape, and even overlap during their motion. Finally, specific applications could
introduce cumbersome real-time constraints, thus requiring tracking techniques with
a reduced computational footprint.
The objective of this Special Issue is to invite high state-of-art research
contributions, tutorials, and position papers that address the broad challenges
faced in analysis and processing of FLIR imagery. Original papers describing
completed and unpublished work not currently under review by any other journal/
magazine/conference/special issue are solicited.


## Topics ##

In the following, topics of primary interest are reported, though other proposals
could be considered.

- Video surveillance
- Tracking and detection of pedestrians
- Autonomous vehicles
- Environmental monitoring
- Ego-motion compensation and background removal techniques
- Template-matching algorithms
- Deformable part models
- Automatic detection, recognition and identification of targets
- Real-time target tracking in military scenarios
- Applications and case studies


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Manuscripts can be submitted until May 15, 2014.

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as communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract
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## Guest Editors ##

Prof. Dr. Andrea Sanna
Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica, Politecnico di Torino, Italy (andrea.sanna@polito.it)

Prof. Dr. Fabrizio Lamberti
Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica, Politecnico di Torino, Italy (fabrizio.lamberti@polito.it)