Hyperspectral Target Detection

Over the last decade, hyperspectral imagery (HSI) obtained by remote sensing systems has provided significant information about the spectral characteristics of the materials in the scene. Typically, a hyperspectral spectrometer provides hundreds of narrow contiguous bands over a wide range of the electromagnetic spectrum. Hyperspectral sensors measure the reflective (or emissive) properties of objects in the visible and short-wave infrared (IR) regions (or the mid-wave and long-wave IR regions) of the spectrum. Processing of these data allows algorithms to detect and identify targets of interest in a hyperspectral scene by exploiting the spectral signatures of the materials [1], [2]. © 1991-2012 IEEE.