title: Optimal detection and estimation of straight patterns.
abstract: This correspondence illustrates the optimal detector and slope estimator of straight patterns. In particular, it is recognized that the output of the likelihood processor, constituted by the Radon transform and a whitening filter, provides a sufficient statistic for both problems of signal detection as well as orientation and offset estimation.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Electron. Eng., Rome III Univ.
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Neri