Adaptive detection mechanisms in globally statistically nonstationary-oriented noise

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

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1549-1558

  Zhang, Yani ^a   Abbey, Craig K ^a   Eckstein, Miguel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES CONTROL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; STATISTICAL OPTICS;

ADAPTIVE DETECTION; NOISE-CORRELATION EFFECTS; NONADAPTIVE LINEAR FILTER; NONSTATIONARY-ORIENTED NOISE; POWER SPECTRUM;

EDGE DETECTION;

EID: 33749640330     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.23.001549     Document Type: Article

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