Goals, methods, and algorithms of locally-adaptive robust filtering of radar images

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Study of the Earth from Space
1Lukin, VV
1National Aerospace University '”Kharkov Aviation Institute”, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Kosm. nauka tehnol. 1998, 4 ;(2):39–50
https://doi.org/10.15407/knit1998.02.039
Publication Language: Russian
Abstract: 
The goals, methods, and algorithms of robust locally-adaptive filtering of radar images corrupted with multiplicative and impulsive noises are considered. The methods allow efficient noise suppression and spike removal, and at the same time they preserve object edges and fine details. The filter properties are illustrated for actual remote sensing data.
Keywords: algorithms, locally-adaptive filtering of radar images, noise
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