Object CFAR detection in gamma-distributed textured-background images

IEE Proceedings: Vision, Image and Signal Processing

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 130-135

  Aiberola Lopez J R ^a   Casar Corredera, G ^b   De Miguel Vela, ^a,b  

^a Campus Miguel Delibes ^*  (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAYS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RADAR TARGET RECOGNITION; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

CONSTANT FALSE ALARM RATE DETECTORS; DATA PREWHITENING TECHNIQUE; GAMMA DISTRIBUTED TEXTURED BACKGROUNDS;

RADAR IMAGING;

EID: 0033366078     PISSN: 1350245X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-vis:19990236     Document Type: Article

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