Comparing edge detection methods based on stochastic entropies and distances for PolSAR Imagery

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 648-663

  Nascimento, Abraao D C ^a   Horta, Michelle M ^b   Frery, Alejandro C ^c   Cintra, Renato J ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALAGOAS   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Edge detection; image analysis; information theory; polarimetric SAR

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894459200     PISSN: 19391404     EISSN: 21511535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2013.2266319     Document Type: Article

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