Wideband imaging and parameter estimation of distributed objects using the continuous wavelet transform

Signal Processing

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 207-223

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

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active wideband imaging; Distributed object; Parameter estimation; Remote sensing; Wavelet transform; Wideband spreading function

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EFFICIENCY; ESTIMATION; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

DISTRIBUTED OBJECTS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; WIDEBAND IMAGING;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0030285192     PISSN: 01651684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1684(96)00108-9     Document Type: Article

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