Generation of non-Rayleigh speckle distributions using marked regularity models

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 867-874

  Crambliu, Robert M ^a   Parker, Kevin J ^b  

^a SVS Inc   (United States)

^b University of Rochester   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RANDOM PROCESSES; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AMPLITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS; MARKED REGULARITY MODELS; NON-RAYLEIGH SPECKLE DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM SCATTERER PHASE;

SPECKLE;

EID: 0032645672     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.775652     Document Type: Article

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