@CONFERENCE\{IMM2020-07158, author = "A. A. Nielsen", title = "Fast Matrix Based Computation of Eigenvalues in PolSAR Data", year = "2020", month = "jul", booktitle = "Accepted for {IEEE} {IGARSS}", volume = "", series = "", editor = "", publisher = "", organization = "", address = "", note = "Matlab code in http://www2.imm.dtu.dk/pubdb/p.php?7151", url = "http://www2.compute.dtu.dk/pubdb/pubs/7158-full.html", abstract = "We describe calculation of eigenvalues of 2x2 and 3x3 Hermitian matrices as used in the analysis of multilook polarimetric {SAR} data. The eigenvalues are calculated as the roots of quadratic or cubic equations. The methods are well suited for fast matrix oriented computer implementation and the speed-up over calculations based on for-loops and built-in eigenproblem solvers is enormous." }