Aspects of signal-dependent noise characterization

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 806-815

  Heine, John J ^a   Behera, Madhusmita ^a  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SIGNAL NOISE MEASUREMENT; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

NOISE CHARACTERIZATION; SIGNAL PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION;

EID: 33744788615     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.23.000806     Document Type: Article

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