SAR image segmentation using level sets and region competition under the GH model

Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images are dificult to segment due to their characteristic noise, called speckle, which is multiplicative, non-gaussian and has a low signal to noise ratio. In this work we use the GH distribution to model the SAR data from the different regions of the image. We estima...

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Autores principales: Buemi, M.E., Goussies, N., Jacobo, J., Mejail, M.
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Publicado: 2009
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_03029743_v5856LNCS_n_p153_Buemi
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Sumario:Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images are dificult to segment due to their characteristic noise, called speckle, which is multiplicative, non-gaussian and has a low signal to noise ratio. In this work we use the GH distribution to model the SAR data from the different regions of the image. We estimate their statistical parameters and use them in a segmentation algorithm based on multiregion competition. We then apply this algorithm to segment simulated as well as real SAR images and evaluate the accuracy of the segmentation results obtained. © 2009 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.