Abstract
Image preprocessing is commonly used in infrared (IR) small target detection to suppress background clutter and enhance target signature. To evaluate the performance of preprocessing algorithms, two performance metrics, namely PFTN (potential false targets number) decline ratio and BRI (background relative intensity) decline ratio are developed in this paper. The proposed metrics evaluate the performance of given preprocessing algorithm by comparing the qualities of input and output images. The new performance metrics are based on the theories of PFTN and BRI, which describe the quality of IR small target image, by representing the di-culty degree of target detection. Theoretical analysis and experimental results show that the proposed performance metrics can accurately re∞ect the efiect of the image preprocessing stage on reducing false alarms and target shielding. Compared to the traditional metrics, such as signal-to-noise ratio gain and background suppression factor, the new ones are more intuitive and valid.
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