Image quality measures for wall parameter estimation

Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology, ISSPIT 2003

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 676-679

  Ahmad, F ^a   Tchangov, T ^a   Kassam, S A ^b   Amin, M G ^a  

^a Villanova University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Delay estimation; Dielectric constant; Distortion measurement; Extraterrestrial measurements; Focusing; Image quality; Microwave imaging; Parameter estimation; Pixel; Transmitters

Indexed keywords

FOCUSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PERMITTIVITY; PIXELS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TRANSMITTERS;

ACTIVE IMAGING; AUTOFOCUSING TECHNIQUES; DELAY ESTIMATION; DISTORTION MEASUREMENT; EXTRATERRESTRIAL MEASUREMENTS; IMAGE QUALITY MEASURE; MICROWAVE IMAGING; THROUGH THE WALL;

IMAGE QUALITY;

EID: 84948173579     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISSPIT.2003.1341211     Document Type: Conference Paper

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