Maximum a posteriori classification of multifrequency, multilook, synthetic aperture radar intensity data

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 573-582

  Rignot, E ^a   Chellappa, R ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); DATA HANDLING; DATA PROCESSING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BAYES' OPTIMUM REGION LABELING; MARKOV RANDOM FIELD; MAXIMUM A POSTERIORI (MAP) CLASSIFICATION; MULTIFREQUENCY, MULTILOOK, SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR INTENSITY DATA;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 0027578692     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.10.000573     Document Type: Article

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