This paper presents a new unsupervised classification framework based on tensor product graph (TPG) diffusion, which is generally utilized for optical image segmentation or image retrieval and for the first time used for PolSAR image classification in our work. First, the PolSAR image is divided into many superpixels by using a fast superpixel segmentation method. Second, seven features are extracted from the PolSAR image to form a feature vector based on segmented superpixels and construct a similarity matrix by using the Gaussian kernel. Third, TPG diffusion is performed on this similarity matrix to obtain a more discriminative similarity matrix by mining the higher order information between data points. Finally, spectral clustering based on diffused similarity matrix is adopted to automatically achieve the classification results. The experimental results conducted on both a simulated PolSAR image and a real-world PolSAR image demonstrate that our algorithm can effectively combine higher order neighborhood information and achieve higher classification accuracy.
Recently, a complex-valued convolutional neural network (CV-CNN) has been used for the classification of polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (PolSAR) images, and has shown superior performance to most traditional algorithms. However, it usually yields unreliable results for the pixels distributing within heterogeneous regions or the edge areas. To solve this problem, in this paper, an edge reassigning scheme based on Markov random field (MRF) is considered to combine with the CV-CNN. In this scheme,both the polarimetric statistical property and label context information are employed. The experiments performed on a benchmark PolSAR image of Flevoland has demonstrated the superior performance of the proposed algorithm.
Most of the visual tracking algorithms are very sensitive to the initialized bounding-box of the tracking object, while, how to obtain a precise bounding-box in the first frame needs further research. In this paper, we propose an automatic algorithm to refine the references of the tracking object after a roughly selected bounding-box in the first frame. Based on the input rough location and scale information, the proposed algorithm exploits the region merger algorithm based on maximal similarity to segment the superpixel regions into foreground or background. In order to improve the segmentation effect, a feature clustering strategy is exploited to obtain reliable foreground label and background label and color histogram in HSI space is exploited to describe the superpixel feature. The final refinement bounding-box is the minimal enclosing rectangle of the foreground region. Extensive experiments are performed and the results indicate that the proposed algorithm can reliably refine the initial bounding-box relying only on the first frame information and improve the robustness of the tracking algorithms distinctively.
This paper proposes an algorithm of simulating spatially correlated polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (PolSAR) images based on the inverse transform method (ITM). Three flexible non-Gaussian models are employed as the underlying distributions of PolSAR images, including the KummerU, W and M models. Additionally, the spatial correlation of the texture component is considered, which is described by a parametric model called the anisotropic Gaussian function. In the algorithm, PolSAR images are simulated by multiplying two independent components, the speckle and texture, that are generated separately. There are two main contributions referring to two important aspects of the ITM. First, the inverse cumulative distribution functions of all the considered texture distributions are mathematically derived, including the Fisher, Beta, and inverse Beta models. Second, considering the high computational complexities the implicitly expressed correlation transfer functions of these texture distributions have, we develop an alternative fast scheme for their computation by using piecewise linear functions. The effectiveness of the proposed simulation algorithm is demonstrated with respect to both the probability density function and spatial correlation.
In this paper, a novel CFAR algorithm for detecting layover and shadow areas in Interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) images is proposed. Firstly, the probability density function (PDF) of the square root amplitude of InSAR image is estimated by the kernel density estimation. Then, a CFAR algorithm combining with the morphological method for detecting both layover and shadow is presented. Finally, the proposed algorithm is evaluated on a real InSAR image obtained by TerraSAR-X system. The experimental results have validated the effectiveness of the proposed method.
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