Accuracy of edge detection methods with local information in speckled imagery

Statistics and Computing

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-26

  Gambini, Juliana ^a   Mejail, Marta E ^a   Jacobo Berlles, Julio ^a   Frery, Alejandro C ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALAGOAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Active contours; B spline curve fitting; Image analysis; SAR imagery; Speckle noise

Indexed keywords

EID: 37249086164     PISSN: 09603174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11222-007-9034-y     Document Type: Article

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