Approximation of distributions for SAR images: Proposal, evaluation and practical consequences

Latin American Applied Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 83-92

  Mejail, M E ^a   Frery, A C ^b   Jacobo Berlles, J ^a   Bustos, O ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Image processing; SAR; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001904558     PISSN: 03270793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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