Small infrared aerial target detection method based on non-downsampling contourlet transformation

The invention provides a small infrared aerial target detection method based on non-downsampling contourlet transformation. The method includes the following steps of 1, non-downsampling contourlet transformation, wherein non-downsampling contourlet transformation first-level decomposition is performed on a small infrared target image, and a band pass sub-band is discomposed into four-direction high-frequency sub-bands; 2, background suppression, wherein low-frequency influences are removed, and thresholding processing is performed on a high-frequency portion; 3, coefficient mapping, wherein coefficients left by the four-direction high-frequency sub-bands are mapped to a gray level space in a linear mode; 4, high-frequency image segmentation, wherein four-direction high-frequency sub-band images are segmented into binaryzation images; 5, binary high-frequency image noise reduction, wherein small bright noise points in the binary high-frequency images are eliminated; 6, detection of related small targets in dimension, wherein the four-direction high-frequency sub-band images get along with each other to obtain a small target single-frame detection result; 7, small target sequence detection, wherein comprehensive vote is performed on multi-frame images to intercept and capture small targets. According to the method, the problem of small aerial target detection under the complicated infrared background is solved.