Statistical modeling of SAR images: A survey

Sensors

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 775-795

  Gao, Gui ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Parameter estimation; Probability density function (PDF); Statistical models; Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images; The product model

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT HISTORY; IMAGE INTERPRETATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION (PDF); PRODUCT MODELING; SAR(SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR); SCATTERING MECHANISMS; STATISTICAL MODELING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR (SAR) IMAGES;

IMAGE ANALYSIS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RADAR;

EID: 77953681430     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s100100775     Document Type: Review

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