k均值聚类引导的遥感影像多尺度分割优化方法

针对不同尺度地物的分割需求,提出了一种k均值聚类引导的多尺度分割优化方法。首先对原始影像进行小尺度分割和k均值聚类,然后利用k均值聚类结果引导对象合并,在合并过程中利用Otsu阈值方法自动选择k均值聚类的影响因子,最终得到适应不同尺度地物的分割结果。以FNEA多尺度分割方法为例,利用模拟数据和真实的GeoEye-1影像数据进行相关试验,目视和定量评价表明本文方法能够得到适宜不同尺度地物的高质量分割结果。     

Exploitation of TerraSAR-X Data for Land use/Land Cover Analysis Using Object-Oriented Classification Approach in the African Sahel Area, Sudan

Recently, object-oriented classification techniques based on image segmentation approaches are being studied using high-resolution satellite images to extract various thematic information. In this study different types of land use/land cover (LULC) types were analysed by employing object-oriented classification approach to dual TerraSAR-X images (HH and HV polarisation) at African Sahel. For that purpose, multi-resolution segmentation (MRS) of the Definiens software was used for creating the image objects. Using the feature space optimisation (FSO) tool the attributes of the TerraSAR-X image were optimised in order to obtain the best separability among classes for the LULC mapping. The backscattering coefficients (BSC) for some classes were observed to be different for HH and HV polarisations. The best separation distance of the tested spectral, shape and textural features showed different variations among the discriminated LULC classes. An overall accuracy of 84 % with a kappa value 0.82 was resulted from the classification scheme, while accuracy differences among the classes were kept minimal. Finally, the results highlighted the importance of a combine use of TerraSAR-X data and object-oriented classification approaches as a useful source of information and technique for LULC analysis in the African Sahel drylands.     

Segmentation-based classification of hyperspectral imagery using projected and correlation clustering techniques

A partitional clustering-based segmentation is used to carry out supervised classification for hyperspectral images. The main contribution of this study lies in the use of projected and correlation partitional clustering techniques to perform image segmentation. These types of clustering techniques have the capability to concurrently perform clustering and feature/band reduction, and are also able to identify different sets of relevant features for different clusters. Using these clustering techniques segmentation map is obtained, which is combined with the pixel-level support vector machines (SVM) classification result, using majority voting. Experiments are conducted over two hyperspectral images. Combination of pixel-level classification result with the segmentation maps leads to significant improvement of accuracies in both the images. Additionally, it is also observed that, classified maps obtained using SVM combined with projected and correlation clustering techniques results in higher accuracies as compared to classified maps obtained from SVM combined with other partitional clustering techniques.     

A multi-band approach to unsupervised scale parameter selection for multi-scale image segmentation

Image segmentation is one of key steps in object based image analysis of very high resolution images. Selecting the appropriate scale parameter becomes a particularly important task in image segmentation. In this study, an unsupervised multi-band approach is proposed for scale parameter selection in the multi-scale image segmentation process, which uses spectral angle to measure the spectral homogeneity of segments. With the increasing scale parameter, spectral homogeneity of segments decreases until they match the objects in the real world. The index of spectral homogeneity is thus used to determine multiple appropriate scale parameters. The performance of the proposed method is compared to a single-band based method through qualitative visual interpretation and quantitative discrepancy measures. Both methods are applied for segmenting two images: a QuickBird scene of an urban area within Beijing, China and a Woldview-2 scene of a suburban area in Kashiwa, Japan. The proposed multi-band based segmentation scale parameter selection method outperforms the single-band based method with the better recognition for diverse land cover objects in different urban landscapes.     

A Comparative Study of Built-up Index Approaches for Automated Extraction of Built-up Regions From Remote Sensing Data

Accurate built-up information is imperative for loss estimation and disaster management after the occurrence of catastrophic events such as earthquake, tornado, tsunami and flood. These catastrophic events leave behind a trail of mass destruction with property and human losses amounting to millions. Once a natural disaster hits a region, built-up information is required within a short span of time for disaster management. Nowadays, earth observation satellite imagery serves as a promising source to extract the land use / land cover classes. However, the automatic extraction of urban built-up from remote sensing data is a known challenge in the remote sensing community. The normalized difference built-up index (NDBI) algorithm has been recognized as an effective algorithm for automatic built-up identification from medium spatial and spectral resolution satellite images. Few researchers have modified this algorithm and proposed new quantitative expressions for the built-up index. In this paper, three built-up index based, unsupervised built-up extraction algorithms have been reviewed and compared. An automated kernel-based probabilistic thresholding algorithm is used to assort the built-up index values, obtained from modified built-up index algorithms, into built-up and non built-up regions for enhancing the efficiency of the built-up detection process. Qualitative assessment of these algorithms involves computation of several parameters including recently developed parameters like allocation disagreement and quantity disagreement, and classical parameters such as error of omission, error of commission and overall accuracy. This paper presents a case study where the algorithms have been implemented on Landsat-5 Thematic Mapper (TM) image of the city of Delhi and its surrounding areas for detection of built-up regions automatically.     

重复轨道SIR-C极化干涉SAR数据植被覆盖区土壤水分反演研究

从理论和试验方面对图像的噪声评估方法进行了分析。结合北京1号小卫星特性, 进行了该类方法应用效能的评价, 讨论了分块评估噪声方法的最佳参数设置。选取满足噪声评估环境的图像, 实现了综合不同地表覆盖条件的北京1号小卫星图像噪声的评估。噪声评估结果与在轨测试情况的对比表明, 北京1号小卫星经过近3年的运行, 仍保持了较好的性能。     

顾及超像素光谱特征的无人机影像自动模糊聚类分割法EI北大核心CSCD

针对现有流行模糊C均值聚类在影像分割中存在边界依附能力弱,分割不稳定及需要手动设置聚类数目等问题,提出一种顾及超像素光谱特征的无人机影像自动模糊聚类分割方法。相对于传统分水岭变换算法,该方法首先采用两步边界推进准则,生成轮廓更加精确、形状规则更加紧凑的超像素子区域;然后,提取子区域光谱特征并结合重缩放密度峰值算法自动获取聚类数目;最后,综合利用超像素光谱特征与隐式马尔可夫随机场思想对模糊聚类进行改进,实现超像素精确合并。通过两组影像数据的定性分析和定量评价表明,本文方法能准确定位目标边界,获得较好的视觉分割结果,同时有效提高了影像分割精度。     

融合像素—多尺度区域特征的高分辨率遥感影像分类算法

针对基于像素多特征的高分辨率遥感影像分类算法的"胡椒盐"现象和面向对象影像分析方法的"平滑地物细节"现象,提出了一种融合像素特征和多尺度区域特征的高分辨率遥感影像分类算法。(1)首先采用均值漂移算法对原始影像进行初始过分割,然后对初始过分割结果进行多尺度的区域合并,形成多尺度分割结果。根据多尺度区域合并RMI指数变化和分割尺度对分类精度的影响,确定最优分割尺度。(2)融合光谱特征、像元形状指数PSI(Pixel Shape Index)、初始尺度和最优尺度区域特征,并对多类型特征进行归一化,最后结合支持向量机(SVM)进行分类。实验结果表明该算法既能有效减少基于像素多特征的高分辨率遥感影像分类算法的"胡椒盐"现象,又能保持地物对象的完整性和地物细节信息,提高易混淆类别(如阴影和街道,裸地和草地)的分类精度。     

Land-use and vegetation-cover mapping of an indigenous land area in the state of Mato Grosso (Brazil) based on spectral linear mixing model,segmentation and region classification

A spectral linear-mixing model using Landsat ETM+ imagery was undertaken to estimate fraction images of green vegetation, soil and shade in an indigenous land area in the state of Mato Grosso in the central-western region of Brazil. The fraction images were used to classify different types of land use and vegetation cover. The fraction images were classified by the following two methods: (a) application of a segmentation based on the region-growing technique; and (b) grouping of the regions segmented using the per-region unsupervised classifier named ISOSEG. Adopting a 75% threshold, ISOSEG generated 44 clusters that were grouped into eight land-use and vegetation-cover classes. The mapping achieved an average accuracy of 83%, showing that the methodology is efficient in mapping areas of great land-use and vegetation-cover diversity, such as that found in the Brazilian cerrado (savanna).     

Polarimetric synthetic aperture radar change detection for specific land cover types

This paper presents a supervised polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (PolSAR) change detection method applied to specific land cover types. For each pixel of a PolSAR image, its target scattering vector can be modeled as having a complex multivariate normal distribution. Based on this assumption, the joint distribution of two corresponding vectors in a pair of PolSAR images is derived. Then, a generalized likelihood ratio test statistic for the equality of two likelihood functions of such joint distribution is considered and a maximum likelihood distance measure for specific land cover types is presented. Subsequently, the Kittler and Illingworth minimum error threshold segmentation method is applied to extract the specific changed areas. Experiments on two repeat-pass Radarsat-2 fully polarimetric images of Suzhou, China, demonstrate that the proposed change detection method gives a good performance in determining the specific changed areas in PolSAR images, especially the areas that have changed to water.     

北京1号小卫星图像噪声评估

从理论和试验方面对图像的噪声评估方法进行了分析。结合北京1号小卫星特性, 进行了该类方法应用效能的评价, 讨论了分块评估噪声方法的最佳参数设置。选取满足噪声评估环境的图像, 实现了综合不同地表覆盖条件的北京1号小卫星图像噪声的评估。噪声评估结果与在轨测试情况的对比表明, 北京1号小卫星经过近3年的运行, 仍保持了较好的性能。     

无人机遥感影像林地单株立木信息提取

针对无人机遥感技术在提取单株立木信息的限制性问题，提出一种新的自动单株立木信息提取方法。对原始无人机影像进行光谱信息增强处理以突出局部细节特征；通过引入DBI指数自动化确定K-means聚类方法的最优聚类数目，进而对影像像素进行标记；通过利用高斯马尔可夫随机场模型进一步对影像进行分割；使用数学形态学算子等方法对分割结果进行后处理得到单株立木树冠信息，通过图像几何矩原理计算得到单株立木位置以作为其识别的依据。结果表明，应用该提取方法，油松林区和樟子松林区单株立木识别总体精度分别为89.52%和95.65%、单木树冠提取精度分别为81.90%和95.65%，均具有较好地适用性。该方法不需要大量的人工干预和先验知识的输入，大大提高提取方法的自动化程度。     

A Robust Texture Analysis and Classification Approach for Urban Land‐Use and Land‐Cover Feature Discrimination

Abstract

Attempts to analyze urban features and to classify land use and land cover directly from high‐resolution satellite data with traditional computer classification techniques have proven to be inefficient for two primary reasons. First, urban landscapes are composed of complex features. Second, traditional classifiers employ spectral information based on single pixel value and ignore a great amount of spatial information. Texture plays an important role in image segmentation and object recognition, as well as in interpretation of images in a variety of applications. This study analyzes urban texture features in multi‐spectral image data. Recent developments in the very powerful mathematical theory of wavelet transforms have received overwhelming attention by image analysts. An evaluation of the ability of wavelet transform in urban feature extraction and classification was performed in this study, with six types of urban land cover features classified. The preliminary results of this research indicate that the accuracy of texture analysis in classifying urban features in fine resolution image data could be significantly improved with the use of wavelet transform approach.     

高分辨率遥感影像建筑物分级提取

高分辨率遥感影像建筑物信息自动提取是遥感应用研究中的一个热点问题,但由于受到成像条件不同、背景地物复杂、建筑物类型多样等多个因素的影响使得建筑物的自动提取仍然十分困难。为此,在综合考虑影像光谱、几何与上下文特征的基础上,提出了一种基于面向对象与形态学相结合的高分辨率遥感影像建筑物信息分级提取方法。该方法首先利用影像的多尺度及多方向Gabor小波变换结果提取建筑物特征点;然后采用面向对象的思想构建空间投票矩阵来度量每一个像素点属于建筑物区域的概率,从而提取出建筑物区域边界;最后在提取的建筑物区域内应用形态学建筑物指数实现建筑物信息的自动提取。实验结果表明,本文方法能够高效、高精度地完成复杂场景下的建筑物信息提取,且提取结果的正确性和完整性都优于效果较好的PanTex算法。     

区域多尺度马尔可夫随机场的遥感影像分类

多尺度分析技术广泛应用于高分辨率遥感影像的特征提取和建模。分解层数受制于影像的大小,下采样小波变换实现的影像多尺度表达难以描述大范围的空间模式,导致分类结果出现"胡椒盐"现象;面向对象的影像分析技术虽避免了"胡椒盐"现象,但由于仅利用了单尺度的的特征,也难以描述影像多层次的空间模式,导致分类精度较低。为改善分类结果中的"胡椒盐"现象和提高分类精度,提出了一种结合区域多尺度遥感影像分割和马尔可夫随机场的分类方法。首先,获得原始影像过分割区域,依据区域内亮度均值以及区域间的共享边界长度信息,提取影像低频和高频特征,采用该低频特征波段代替原始影像,重复分割与特征波段提取过程,形成影像的区域多尺度表达。然后,以原始图像为初始尺度,以分割区域为处理单元,以更细尺度分类结果为标记场先验,以当前高频特征建立特征场,逐层分类、投影,获得最终尺度分类结果。合成纹理影像和多光谱遥感影像的实验表明:相比于小波域多尺度建模方法和单尺度区域建模方法,本文提出的方法可以有效提高分类精度,并避免"胡椒盐"现象的产生。     

Utilizing the Potential of World View −2 for Discriminating Urban and Vegetation Features Using Object Based Classification Techniques

With the availability of very high resolution multispectral imagery, it is possible to identify small features in urban environment. Because of the multiscale feature and diverse composition of land cover types found within the urban environment, the production of accurate urban land cover maps from high resolution satellite imagery is a difficult task. This paper demonstrates the potential of 8 bands capability of World View 2 satellite for better automated feature extraction and discrimination studies. Multiresolution segmentation and object based classification techniques were then applied for discrimination of urban and vegetation features in a part of Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. The study demonstrates that scale, colour, shape, compactness and smoothness have a significant influence on the quality of image objects achieved, which in turn governs the classified result. The object oriented analysis is a valid approach for analyzing high spatial and spectral resolution images. World View 2 imagery with its rich spatial and spectral information content has very high potential for discrimination of the less varied varieties of vegetation.     

塔里木盆地南缘绿洲荒漠化动态变化遥感研究——以策勒县为例

根据遥感调查结果，论述塔里木南部地区策勒县荒漠化动态变化的特征及分布规律。在揭示规律之前，利用地面控制点对1977年，1990年，1998年三个不同时期的多源卫星遥感数据（MSS，HRV，TM）进行精确配准，并对多源卫星遥感图像数据复合进行了研究。在野外调研的基础上应用PCI软件进行图像数据处理，编制了策勒地区不同年代的土地分类及土地类型动态变化图；通过不同时期遥感图像中荒漠化环境要素的对比分析，研究了策勒县周围地区近21年的荒漠化动态变化规律，从自然和人文因素两个方面分析探讨了荒漠化发展的趋势。     

样本迁移支持下的遥感影像自动分类方法

迁移学习是运用已有知识对相关的不同领域的问题进行求解的一种机器学习方法,本文结合这一方法,提出了一种基于先验知识的样本自动选取方法,并构建了一套土地覆盖自动分类的算法框架。该方法主要面向Landsat数据,通过图像变化检测技术与光谱形状编码的方法,从源领域中迁移适用的地物类别知识并标记在目标影像中,使用SVM完成基于样本迁移的自动分类流程。结果表明,该方法可以获得可靠的自动分类结果,一定程度上满足遥感信息的大范围提取与长时间序列处理分析的发展需求。     

可变类多光谱遥感图像分割

确定图像类别数是图像分割中的重要任务,在大多数分割算法中需由用户预先指定类别数。受地物目标及其分布的多样性、复杂性和未知性等因素的限制、对彩色遥感图像而言,人为确定其类别数非常困难。为此,提出了一种基于区域和统计的可变类分割方法,融合规则划分技术和R.JMCMC算法,利用规则划分将图像域划分成若干个规则子块,并假设每个规则子块内的像素服从同一独立的多值Gaussian分布;在此基础上南贝叶斯定理构建图像分割模型;利用ReversibleJump Markov Chain Monte Carlo(RJMCMC)算法模拟该模型,实现罔像类别数的自动确定及图像粗分割;为了进一步提高图像分割精度,设计精细化操作,对Worldview-2合成及彩色遥感图像和多光谱IKONOS图像进行可变类分割,实验结果表明,提出方法不仅能自动确定图像类别数,还可以较好地实现区域分割。本文方法较好地实现彩色遥感图像的可变类分割。