Title :
On the preservation of polarimetric signatures and polarimetric texture signatures by fully polarimetric MAP filters
Author :
Nezry, Edmond ; Yakam-Simen, Francis
Author_Institution :
Privateers N.V., Philipsburg, Netherlands
Abstract :
The authors evaluate how fully polarimetric maximum a posteriori (MAP) speckle filters preserve the polarimetric power and texture signatures of textured targets. To this aim, such signatures are quantitatively compared to their counterparts in the MAP filtered polarimetric data
Keywords :
geophysical signal processing; geophysical techniques; image texture; radar imaging; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; speckle; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; MAP filter; SAR; fully polarimetric MAP filters; geophysical measurement technique; land surface; maximum a posteriori; polarimetric signature; polarimetric texture signature; radar imaging; radar polarimetry; radar remote sensing; speckle; speckle filter; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; textured target; Adaptive filters; Chromium; Covariance matrix; Entropy; Image restoration; Information filtering; Information filters; Layout; Speckle; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1999. IGARSS '99 Proceedings. IEEE 1999 International
Conference_Location :
Hamburg
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5207-6
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1999.772017
