Edge detection and localization in SAR images: A comparative study of global filtering and active contour approaches

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3500, Issue , 1998, Pages 111-121

  Germain, Olivier ^a   Refregier, Philippe ^a  

^a Ecole Centrale Marseille   (France)

Author keywords

Edge localisation; Likelihood ratio detector; SAR image segmentation; Statistical active contou

Indexed keywords

EDGE DETECTION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; REMOTE SENSING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TRACKING RADAR;

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DETECTION AND LOCALIZATION; FILTER DETECTIONS; LIKELIHOOD RATIOS; LOCALISATION; SAR IMAGE SEGMENTATION; STATISTICAL ACTIVE CONTOU; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR (SAR) IMAGES;

RADAR IMAGING;

EID: 84886488455     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.331855     Document Type: Conference Paper

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