Sidescan sonar image processing: Correcting brightness variation and patching gaps

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 785-789

  Chang, Yet Chung ^a   Hsu, Shu Kun ^b   Tsai, Ching Hui ^b  

^a Taiwan Shoufu University   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Brightness; Footprint; Gap patching; Mosaic; Sidescan; Sonar

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS; FOOTPRINT; GAP PATCHING; MOSAIC; SIDESCAN;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); IMAGE PROCESSING; TIME SERIES; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

SONAR;

EID: 78751564882     PISSN: 10232796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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