Terrain Classification in SAR Images Using Principal Components Analysis and Neural Networks

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 511-515

  Azimi Sadjadi, M R ^a   Ghaloum, S ^a   Zoughi, R ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

KARHUNEN-LOEVE TRANSFORM; POLARIZED SAR IMAGES; PRINCIPLE COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; TERRAIN CLASSIFICATION;

RADAR IMAGING;

EID: 0027554401     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: 15580644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.214928     Document Type: Letter

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