Saralees Nadarajah 2007 Phys. Med. Biol. 52 N213 doi:10.1088/0031-9155/52/10/N01
Saralees Nadarajah
Show affiliationsCompound statistical modelling of the uncompressed envelope of the backscattered signal has received much interest recently. In this note, a comprehensive collection of models is derived for the uncompressed envelope of the backscattered signal by compounding the Nakagami distribution with 13 flexible families. The corresponding estimation procedures are derived by the method of moments and the method of maximum likelihood. The sensitivity of the models to their various parameters is examined. It is expected that this work could serve as a useful reference and lead to improved modelling of the uncompressed envelope of the backscattered signal.
Issue 10 (21 May 2007)
Received 21 February 2007, in final form 26 March 2007
Published 24 April 2007
Saralees Nadarajah 2007 Phys. Med. Biol. 52 N213
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