Optimal edge detection and edge localization in complex SAR images with correlated speckle

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 37, Issue 5 pt 1, 1999, Pages 2272-2281

  Fjørtoft, Roger ^a   Lopès, Armand ^a   Bruniquel, Jérôme ^a   Marthon, Philippe ^a  

^a CESBIO   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; EDGE DETECTION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; OPTICAL CORRELATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; REFLECTION; SPECKLE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

EDGE LOCALIZATION; NEYMAN-PEARSON TEST; SINGLE LOOK COMPLEX; SPECKLE AUTOCORRELATION;

RADAR IMAGING;

EID: 0033189372     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.789623     Document Type: Article

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