USE OF THE MAXIMUM ENTROPY METHOD FOR PHASE ESTIMATION

The use of traditional spectral estimation techniques with comparison to modern methods is presented.;Relevant analysis of this method and computer simulation of echo location using this technique are presented.;The information content of the phase of a signal is recognized through an echo detection problem encountered in echocardiography. The development of a phase estimation method by using the maximum entropy spectral estimator is an original contribution of the author. This technique employs the maximum entropy method on the even and odd components of a signal to achieve phase estimation that is non-committal to unavailable data.