Background Estimation and the Infrared Small Target Detection Based on RBF Neural Network

Using the function approximation characteristic of RBF-neural network, a new algorithm of estimating the background is proposed. Based this algorithm, a new means to detect the infrared small target is found. Here, two kinds of infrared images, one with a small target in it and the other without the target, are tested in the simulated experiments. The result of the experiments proves the good performance of the proposed algorithm.