Method and analysis of calculating signal-to-noise ratio in lidar sensing

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5832, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 738-746

  Xie, Chenbo ^a   Zhou, Jun ^a  

^a ANHUI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

Lidar; Signal to noise ratio

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROBING;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 27744577136     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.619881     Document Type: Conference Paper

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