Gibbs random field models for model-based despeckling of SAR images

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-77

  Espinoza Molina, Daniela ^a   Gleich, Dušan ^b   Datcu, Mihai ^a,c  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^c TELECOM PARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Autobinomial model (ABM); Gauss Markov random fields (GMRFs); Speckle reduction; Synthetic aperture radar (SAR); Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; DECODING; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; MARKOV PROCESSES; SPECKLE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

AUTOBINOMIAL MODEL (ABM); AUTOMATIC IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; GAUSS MARKOV RANDOM FIELDS; MULTIPLICATIVE NOISE; QUANTITATIVE MEASURES; SPECKLE REDUCTION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR (SAR) IMAGES; WAVELET-BASED METHODS;

RADAR IMAGING;

EID: 75449106037     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2009.2020698     Document Type: Article

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