Modified difference change detector for small targets in SAR imagery

IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-76

  Ranney, Kenneth I ^a   Khatri, Hiralal C ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RESOLUTION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PIXELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RADAR CROSS SECTION; RADAR IMAGING; RADAR TARGET RECOGNITION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

MODIFIED DIFFERENCE CHANGE DETECTOR; PIXEL VALUES; STATISTICAL VARIABILITY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR IMAGERY;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 44649143836     PISSN: 00189251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAES.2008.4516989     Document Type: Article

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