Parameter estimation of non-Rayleigh RCS models for SAR images based on the mellin transformation

ICASSP, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1081-1084

  Sun, Zengguo ^a   Han, Chongzhao ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Mellin transformation; Monte Carlo simulation; Non Rayleigh RCS model; Parameter estimation; Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; CUMULANTS; HEAVY-TAILED; MELLIN TRANSFORMATION; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MULTIPLICATIVE MODEL; NON-RAYLEIGH RCS MODEL; RAYLEIGH; SAR IMAGES; SQUARE-ROOT; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR (SAR) IMAGES; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR IMAGES; WEIBULL;

IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; METAL ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; RADAR; RADAR ANTENNAS; RADAR CROSS SECTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIMULATORS; SYNTHETIC APERTURES;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 70349203943     PISSN: 15206149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICASSP.2009.4959775     Document Type: Conference Paper

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