SAR image multiclass segmentation using a multiscale and multidirection triplet Markov fields model in nonsubsampled contourlet transform domain

Information Fusion

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 441-449

  Wu, Yan ^a   Zhang, Peng ^a   Li, Ming ^a   Zhang, Qiang ^a   Wang, Fan ^a   Jia, Lu ^a  

^a XIDIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Multiscale information fusion; NSCT HMT; NSCT TMF energy function; NSCT TMF model; SAR image multiclass segmentation

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE FUSION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; INFORMATION FUSION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION; ENERGY FUNCTIONS; MULTI-CLASS SEGMENTATIONS; MULTI-SCALE INFORMATIONS; NON SUBSAMPLED CONTOURLET TRANSFORM (NSCT); NON-SUB-SAMPLED CONTOURLET TRANSFORMS; NSCT-HMT; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR (SAR) IMAGES;

RADAR IMAGING;

EID: 84887807143     PISSN: 15662535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.inffus.2012.12.001     Document Type: Article

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