Optimum model-based segmentation techniques for multifrequency polarimetric SAR images of urban areas

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 41, Issue 9 PART I, 2003, Pages 1959-1975

  Lombardo, Pierfrancesco ^a   Sciotti, Massimo ^a   Pellizzeri, Tiziana Macri ^a   Meloni, Marco ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Multifrequency; Polarimetry; Unsupervised segmentation; Urban areas

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; FREQUENCIES; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; POLARIMETERS; PROBABILITY;

COVARIANCE MATRIX; DIAGONAL POLARIMETRIC MERGE USING MOMENTS; MULTIFREQUENCY POLARIMETRIC; UNSUPERVISED SEGMENTATION; URBAN AREAS;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 0142009643     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2003.814632     Document Type: Article

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