“…If an input scene contains a reference object embedded into a disjoint background (nonoverlapping model) and additive noise, the following correlation filters were derived: the generalized matched filter (GMF) maximizes the ratio of the expected value of the squared correlation peak to the average output variance (Javidi & Wang, 1994), the generalized phase-only filter (GPOF) maximizes the light efficiency (Kober et al, 2000), and the generalized optimum filter (GOF) maximizes the ratio of the expected value of the squared correlation peak to the average expected value of the output signal energy (POE) (Javidi & Wang, 1994). Other generalized filters were also introduced (Goudail & Réfrégier, 1997;Javidi et al, 1996;Réfrégier, 1999;Réfrégier et al, 1993;Towghi & Javidi, 2001). Conventional filters are sensitive to intensity signal degradations.…”