Nonparametric edge detection in speckled imagery

Mathematics and Computers in Simulation

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2182-2198

  Girón, Edwin ^a   Frery, Alejandro C ^b   Cribari Neto, Francisco ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALAGOAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Edge detection; Hypothesis testing; Image analysis; Multiplicative noise; SAR; Small samples; Speckle

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE METHODS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MULTIPLICATIVE NOISE; NON-PARAMETRIC; NONPARAMETRIC METHODS; SAR; SMALL SAMPLES; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR IMAGERY;

IMAGE ANALYSIS; RADAR IMAGING; SPECKLE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TRACKING RADAR;

EDGE DETECTION;

EID: 84865662882     PISSN: 03784754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matcom.2012.04.013     Document Type: Article

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