MUM (Merge Using Moments) segmentation for SAR images

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2316, Issue , 1994, Pages 92-103

  Cook, Rod ^a   McConnell, Ian ^a   Oliver, Chris ^b   Welbourne, Edward ^c  

^a NA Software   (United Kingdom)

^b DRA   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; REMOTE SENSING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPECKLE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

COHERENT ILLUMINATION; FINE SEGMENTATIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGE; IMAGE-PROCESSING SOFTWARE; MULTIPLICATIVE NOISE; SEGMENTATION SCHEME; SINGULAR PROBLEM; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES;

RADAR IMAGING;

EID: 33749959103     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.197529     Document Type: Conference Paper

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