• Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Vol. 62, Issue 6, 0615006 (2025)
Yayun Liu1,2,*, Gongwei Li1, Huajie Ren3, Jingmei Li4..., Dong Chen5, Xuyuan Zhang1, Fang Huang6, Lingling Ma1 and Ning Wang1|Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1National Engineering Laboratory for Satellite Remote Sensing Applications, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, China
  • 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 3The Third Representative Office in Shenyang of PLA Naval Equipment Department, Shenyang 110045, Liaoning , China
  • 4China Centre for Resources Satellite Data and Application, Beijing 100094, China
  • 5School of Land Science and Technology, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China
  • 6School of Resources and Environment, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, Sichuan , China
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    Yayun Liu, Gongwei Li, Huajie Ren, Jingmei Li, Dong Chen, Xuyuan Zhang, Fang Huang, Lingling Ma, Ning Wang. Improved Local Distance Statistic-Based Denoising Algorithm for Single-Photon Point Cloud Data[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2025, 62(6): 0615006 Copy Citation Text show less
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    Yayun Liu, Gongwei Li, Huajie Ren, Jingmei Li, Dong Chen, Xuyuan Zhang, Fang Huang, Lingling Ma, Ning Wang. Improved Local Distance Statistic-Based Denoising Algorithm for Single-Photon Point Cloud Data[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2025, 62(6): 0615006
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