Optimal edge detection and segmentation of SLC SAR images with spatially correlated speckle

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3497, Issue , 1998, Pages 99-110

  Fjørtoft, Roger ^a,b   Cabada, Jose C ^a   Lopès, Armand ^a   Marthon, Philippe ^b  

^a CESBIO   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Complex SAR images; Edge detection; Edge localization; Segmentation; Spatial whitening filter; Speckle correlation

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; DECODING; DEFORMATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; RADAR; REFLECTION; SPECKLE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; SYNTHETIC APERTURES;

COMPLEX SAR IMAGES; EDGE LOCALIZATION; SEGMENTATION; SPATIAL WHITENING FILTER; SPECKLE CORRELATION;

EDGE DETECTION;

EID: 58149269181     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.331342     Document Type: Conference Paper

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