Multi-feature segmentation for high-resolution polarimetric SAR data based on fractal net evolution approach

Remote Sensing

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2017, Pages

  Chen, Qihao ^a   Li, Linlin ^a   Xu, Qiao ^a   Yang, Shuai ^a   Shi, Xuguo ^a   Liu, Xiuguo ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Fractal net evolution approach (FNEA); G0 distribution; High resolution; Multi feature; Polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (PolSAR); Segmentation; Simple linear iterative clustering (SLIC); Superpixels

Indexed keywords

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; FRACTALS; ITERATIVE METHODS; PIXELS; POLARIMETERS; RADAR; RADAR IMAGING; STATISTICS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

G0 DISTRIBUTIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION; ITERATIVE CLUSTERING; MULTI FEATURES; POLARIMETRIC SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; SUPERPIXELS;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 85021112559     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs9060570     Document Type: Article

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