Computer aided recognition of relief patterns on Radar images using a syntax analysis

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 221-233

  Chorowicz, J ^a   Rouis, T ^a   Rudant, J P ^a   Manoussis, S ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GRAMMARS; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEATURE EXTRACTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE CODING; LANDSLIDES; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REMOTE SENSING; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION;

ESCARPMENT; FAR RANGE CORRECTION; LITHOLOGIC BOUNDARIES; RETRODIFFUSION VALUES; SYNTAX ANALYSIS; THALWEGS; TOPOGRAPHIC PROFILE;

RADAR IMAGING;

COMPUTER PROGRAM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RADAR IMAGERY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

FRANCE;

EID: 0032083803     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(98)00011-X     Document Type: Article

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