Maximum-likelihood laser radar range profiling with the expectation-maximization algorithm

Thomas J. Green Jr.; Jeffrey H. Shapiro

doi:10.1117/12.59955

1 November 1992 Maximum-likelihood laser radar range profiling with the expectation-maximization algorithm

Thomas J. Green Jr., Jeffrey H. Shapiro

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 31, Issue 11, (November 1992). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.59955

Abstract

Maximum-likelihood range profiling is considered for pulse-dimager operation of a coherent laser radar. In particular, the expectation-maximization algorithm is used to develop a computationally simple procedure for fitting a planar surface to laser radar range data. Basic analytic properties of the algorithm are reviewed and results based on simulated and real range data are presented.

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Thomas J. Green Jr. and Jeffrey H. Shapiro "Maximum-likelihood laser radar range profiling with the expectation-maximization algorithm," Optical Engineering 31(11), (1 November 1992). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.59955

Published: 1 November 1992

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