Performance of a mixed Lagrange time delay estimation autoregressive (MLTDEAR) model for single-image signal-to-noise ratio estimation in scanning electron microscopy

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-17

  Sim, Kok Swee ^a   Chuah, H T ^b   Zheng, C ^b  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Autoregressive model; Cramer Rao lower bound; Fisher information; Lagrange time delay; Signal to noise ratio

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; FISHER INFORMATION MATRIX; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TIMING CIRCUITS;

AUTOREGRESSIVE MODELLING; CRAME-RAO LOWER BOUNDS; CRAMER RAO LOWER BOUND; FISHER INFORMATION; LAGRANGE; LAGRANGE TIME DELAY; PERFORMANCE; SINGLE IMAGES; TIME DELAY ESTIMATION; TIME-DELAYS;

TIME DELAY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOREGRESSIVE MODEL; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CRAMER RAO LOWER BOUND; FISHER INFORMATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MIXED LANGRANGE TIME DELAY ESTIMATION AUTOREGRESSIVE MODEL; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 22844440826     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2005.01488.x     Document Type: Article

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