New algorithm of ship targets detection in SAR images using wavelet transform

Dianzi Yu Xinxi Xuebao/Journal of Electronics and Information Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 855-858

  Chen, De Yuan ^a,b   Tu, Guo Fang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONICS   (China)

Author keywords

Ship targets detection; Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR); Teager energy operator; Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATIC TARGET RECOGNITION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RADAR TARGET RECOGNITION; SHIPS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

CONSTANT FALSE ALARM RATE (CFAR); DETECTION PERFORMANCE; K DISTRIBUTION; SHIP TARGETS DETECTION; TEAGER ENERGY OPERATOR (TEO); WAVELET COEFFICIENT;

RADAR IMAGING;

EID: 34249847520     PISSN: 10095896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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