Polarimetric SAR image segmentation with B-splines and a new statistical model

Multidimensional Systems and Signal Processing

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 319-342

  Frery, Alejandro C ^a   Jacobo Berlles, Julio ^b   Gambini, Juliana ^b   Mejail, Marta E ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALAGOAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

B spline curves; Complex valued sensing; Edge detection; Estimation; Polarimetric signal analysis; Specklenoise; Statistical model; Synthetic aperture radar

Indexed keywords

B SPLINE CURVE; COMPLEX-VALUED SENSING; POLARIMETRIC SIGNAL ANALYSIS; SPECKLENOISE; STATISTICAL MODELS;

ALGORITHMS; CURVE FITTING; EDGE DETECTION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; POLARIMETERS; POLAROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; RADAR; SHIP PROPELLERS; SIGNAL ANALYSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPLINES; SYNTHETIC APERTURES;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 77956611515     PISSN: 09236082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11045-010-0113-4     Document Type: Article

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