A parameterized Hough transform approach for estimating the support of the wideband spreading function of a distributed object

Multidimensional Systems and Signal Processing

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 75-86

  Dixon, Teresa L ^a   Sibul, Leon H ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed Scatterers; Parameterized Hough Transform; Remote Sensing; Wavelet Transform; Wideband Spreading Function

Indexed keywords

INVERSE PROBLEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; REMOTE SENSING; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

DISTRIBUTED SCATTERERS; PARAMETERIZED HOUGH TRANSFORM; WIDEBAND SPREADING FUNCTION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 0029731953     PISSN: 09236082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02106108     Document Type: Article

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