Improving estimation in speckled imagery

Computational Statistics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 503-519

  Vasconcellos, Klaus L P ^a   Frery, Alejandro C ^b   Silva, Luciano B ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA FUNDAMENTAL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALAGOAS   (Brazil)

^c SALGADO DE OLIVEIRA UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bias Correction; GI 0 distribution; Image Analysis; Maximum Likelihood; Speckle Noise

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746053454     PISSN: 09434062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02741311     Document Type: Article

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