On the use of Lee's protocol for speckle-reducing techniques

Latin American Applied Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 115-121

  Moschetti, E ^a   Palacio, M G ^a   Picco, M ^a   Bustos, O H ^b   Frery, A C ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALAGOAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Filters; Image processing; Image quality; Simulation; Speckle

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646685444     PISSN: 03270793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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