Edge detector of SAR images using gaussian-gamma-shaped Bi-windows

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 846-850

  Shui, Peng Lang ^a   Cheng, Dong ^a  

^a XIDIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gaussian gamma shaped (GGS) bi window; ratio based edge detection; receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve; rectangle bi window

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTIC CURVE; EDGE DETECTORS; GAUSSIAN-GAMMA-SHAPED (GGS) BI-WINDOW; NON-MAXIMUM SUPPRESSION; RECEIVER-OPERATING-CHARACTERISTIC (ROC) CURVE; RECTANGLE BI-WINDOW; SAR IMAGES; SMOOTHING FILTERS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR (SAR) IMAGES; THIN EDGE; THRESHOLDING; WINDOW FUNCTIONS;

DETECTORS; EDGE DETECTION; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; GEOMETRY; PIXELS;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 84861942507     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2012.2184521     Document Type: Article

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