Title :
Speckle reduction by wavelet transform [SAR]
Author :
Lu, Y.H. ; Loh, Y.L. ; Yeo, T.S. ; Zhang, C.B.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore
fDate :
11/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Presents a new method of speckle reduction by incorporating the refined Lee filter in the spatial domain with wavelet shrinkage. Experimental results are very encouraging. Speckle is suppressed to a great extent without affecting the edge sharpness much
Keywords :
edge detection; radar theory; speckle; synthetic aperture radar; wavelet transforms; SAR; edge sharpness; refined Lee filter; spatial domain; speckle reduction; wavelet shrinkage; wavelet transform; Filters; Frequency; Image representation; Mirrors; Noise reduction; Radar scattering; Signal resolution; Speckle; Synthetic aperture radar; Wavelet transforms;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 1999 Asia Pacific
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5761-2
DOI :
10.1109/APMC.1999.829929
