Analysis of the reliability of the double bounce scattering mechanism for detecting buildings in VHR SAR images

IEEE National Radar Conference - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Brunner, Dominik ^a,b   Bruzzone, Lorenzo ^a   Ferro, Adamo ^a   Lemoine, Guido ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT ANGLES; AUTOMATIC BUILDING DETECTION; CORNER REFLECTOR; DOUBLE BOUNCE MECHANISM; ELECTROMAGNETIC MODELS; EMPIRICAL RESULTS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; FRONT WALLS; GROUND AREA; MATERIAL PROPERTY; RECONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES; SAR IMAGES; SCATTERING MECHANISMS; SPACEBORNE SAR; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR IMAGES; TERRASAR-X; VERY HIGH RESOLUTION;

BUILDINGS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; RECONSTRUCTION (STRUCTURAL); RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SCATTERING; SYNTHETIC APERTURES;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 69949095775     PISSN: 10975659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RADAR.2009.4976983     Document Type: Conference Paper

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