ThisletterstudiesonthedetectionoftexturefeaturesinSyntheticApertureRadar(SAR)images.ThroughanalyzingthefeaturedetectionmethodproposedbyLopes,animprovedtexturedetectionmethodisproposed,whichcannotonlydetecttheedgeandlinesbutalsoavoidstretchingedgeandsuppressinglinesoftheformeralgorithm.ExperimentalresultswithbothsimulatedandrealSARimagesverifytheadvantageandpracticabilityoftheimprovedmethod.