Markov chain CFAR detection for polarimetric data using data fusion

DSP 2009: 16th International Conference on Digital Signal Processing, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Fei, Chuhong ^a   Liu, Ting ^a   Lampropoulos, George ^a   Anastassopoulos, Vassilis ^b  

^a A U G SIGNALS LTD   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

CFAR detection; Data fusion; Markov chain; Polarimetric sar

Indexed keywords

CFAR DETECTION; CFAR DETECTOR; DATA FUSION METHODS; DECISION FUSION; DETECTION PERFORMANCE; FIRST-ORDER; FULL POLARIZATION; LOW LEVEL; MARKOV CHAIN; MARKOV CHAIN MODELS; POLARIMETRIC DATA; POLARIMETRIC SAR;

DATA FUSION; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSORS; INFORMATION FUSION; MARKOV PROCESSES; POLARIMETERS; POLAROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

DETECTORS;

EID: 70449560862     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICDSP.2009.5201102     Document Type: Conference Paper

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