简介:Weproposeimprovedmultilevelfilters(IMLFs)involvingtheabsolutevalueoperationintothealgorithmicframeworkoftraditionalmultilevelfilters(MLFs)toimprovetherobustnessofinfraredsmalltargetenhancementtechniquesunderacomplexinfraredclutteredbackground.Comparedwiththewidelyusedsmalltargetenhancementmethodswhichonlydealwithbrighttargets,theproposedtechniquecanen-hancetheinfraredsmalltarget,whetheritisbrightordark.Experimentalresultsverifythattheproposedtechniqueisefficientandpractical.