高分辨率遥感影像分割方法研究

在遥感应用分析中,遥感影像分割是低层影像处理和中高层影像分析和理解的桥梁,是实现遥感影像信息自动提取的关键步骤,具有重要的意义。随着大量高分辨率遥感影像的出现,传统基于像素的影像处理方法已不能适应高分辨率遥感影像。近年来,国内外研究者们提出了面向对象影像的分析方法,而面向对象影像分析方法的关键就是影像分割,影像分割精度直接影响着高分辨率遥感信息提取和目标识别的精度。首先给出一般图像分割方法的综述;然后分析和总结了当前主要的高分辨率遥感影像分割方法,着重阐述了均值漂移、分形网络进化、马尔科夫随机场等分割方法的特点和研究现状;最后,对高分辨率遥感应用分析中影像分割方法的发展趋势进行了讨论与展望。     

面向对象的成都平原多源遥感影像分割尺度研究

要对高分辨率遥感影像进行分类,采用面向对象的遥感影像分析技术比传统的面向像元的遥感影像分析技术优越。要使用面向对象的遥感影像分析技术,关键的第一步是要对遥感影像进行分割,以便得到一系列与地物有密切联系的影像对象。分割的准确性与分割的尺度选择有关。本文针对成都平原高分辨率卫星影像分割尺度选择进行试验和研究,采用不同尺度对试验区不同分辨率遥感影像进行影像分割,并比较分割结果,得出成都平原高分辨率遥感影像数据分割最佳尺度与影像对象亮度均值标准差最大值所对应的分割尺度一致;并且遥感影像空间分辨率越高,最佳分割尺度越大,反之亦然。     

成都平原高分辨率遥感影像分割尺度研究

对高分辨率遥感影像进行分类,面向对象的影像分析技术优于传统的面向像元的影像分析技术。要使用面向对象的影像分析技术,关键是分割遥感影像,以得到一系列与地物有密切联系的影像对象。分割的准确性与分割的尺度选择有关。针对成都平原高分辨率卫星影像,采用不同尺度对试验区影像进行分割,并比较分割结果,确定成都平原高分辨率遥感影像数据分割最佳尺度为30,该尺度分割的影像对象亮度均值标准差最大。     

融入超像素分割的高分辨率影像面向对象分类

针对高分辨率遥感影像面向对象分类中容易受分割参数的影响、分类精度不稳定的问题,本文提出了一种融入超像素分割的高分辨率影像面向对象分类方法。该方法通过简单线性迭代聚类（SLIC）算法对原始影像进行聚类生成超像素影像,并在此基础上采用分形网络演化方法（FNEA）进行多尺度分割生成同质性对象,最后利用最邻近分类方法进行地物分类。试验结果表明,该方法不易受多尺度分割参数的影响,分类效果稳定,而且分类精度明显高于传统的面向对象分类方法,对于高分辨率遥感影像的广泛应用具有重要意义。     

结合异质性及分水岭变换的遥感影像分割方法

面向对象的遥感信息提取,首要任务是对遥感影像进行分割,分割的目的在于把原始图像分割成一些在空间上相邻、光谱相似的同质区域。传统的分水岭变换对噪声敏感,易产生过分割现象,不能直接适用于遥感影像的信息提取。本文利用非线性同组滤波方法(PGF)消除原始影像噪声,根据高分辨率遥感影像地物的异质性特征,对分水岭初始分割结果进行异质性准则合并。实验结果表明,该方法对高分辨率遥感影像的分割效果良好,能够适用于面向对象的信息提取。     

面向对象和规则的高分辨率影像分类研究

随着航天遥感技术的发展,遥感数据的空间分辨率、光谱分辨率和时间分辨率极大提高,高效解译并处理海量的、具有空间几何信息和纹理信息的地物高分辨率遥感影像数据已成为遥感领域研究的重点与难点。对此,本文提出一种面向对象和规则的遥感影像数据的分类提取方法,即通过发现和挖掘高分辨率影像丰富的光谱和空间特征知识,建立影像对象多层次网络分割分类结构,实现对遥感影像准确快速的地物分类和精度评价。以藏南地区WorldView-2影像数据为试验研究对象,采用面向对象和规则的影像分类方法进行验证试验,即综合采用均值方差法、最大面积法、精度比较法进行分析,选择3种最佳分割尺度建立多层次影像对象网络层次结构进行影像分类试验。结果表明,采用面向对象规则分类方法对高分辨率影像进行分类,能使高分辨率影像分类结果近似于目视判读的结果,分类精度更高。面向对象规则分类法的综合精度和Kappa系数分别为97.38%、0.967 3;与面向对象SVM法相比,分别高出6.23%、0.078;与面向对象KNN法相比,分别高出7.96%、0.099 6。建筑物的提取精度、用户精度分别比面向对象SVM法高出18.39%、3.98%,比面向对象KNN法高出21.27%、14.97%。     

基于高分辨率遥感影像的面向对象水体提取方法研究

根据高分辨率遥感影像的特点,利用面向对象的方法对高分辨率遥感影像进行了水体提取.选取最优分割尺度和分割参数对试验区进行了分割;建立了对象知识库;选择合适的阈值参数进行了水体的提取和河流、湖泊的分类;把面向对象方法分类结果与传统方法分类结果进行了对比分析.试验表明,面向对象水体提取方法具有更高的精度,不仅有效地区分了水体和阴影,而且很大程度上抑制了"椒盐现象".     

基于eCognition的遥感图像面向对象分类方法研究

随着高分辨率遥感图像越来越普及,传统的面向像元的图像分类方法不能满足对高分辨率遥感图像区域分类的需求,高分辨率遥感图像对图像处理的软件与硬件都有了更高的要求,因此,出现了相较于面向像元有着更高精度更为合理的面向对象分类方法,也更加适用于高分辨率遥感影像。本文通过采用面向对象分类的基本方法,运用eCognition软件,以山东省胶州市地区遥感影像为例,进行多尺度分割和面向对象分类。并用ENVI做监督分类,基于目视解译精度评定,对不同方法作出分析评价。结果表明:面向对象分类方法精度更高,更具有可靠性。     

一种面向对象的遥感影像城市绿地提取方法

针对目前面向对象方法在高分辨率遥感影像中提取绿地专题信息的特点,以及受到城市区域范围尺度限制因素的影响,本文提出一种利用高分辨率遥感影像提取城市区域范围绿地专题信息的方法,结合影像分割、影像面向对象模板统计和基于多阀值的模糊分类技术的优势,林地、密草地和疏草地专题信息被提取出来.研究中提出利用基于面向对象多尺度分割算法...     

面向对象土地利用信息提取的多尺度分割

以往面向对象影像分析的分割尺度主要依靠经验并结合目视来进行选择,带有一定的主观性.本文针对利用高分辨率遥感影像进行土地利用信息提取的目的,采用面向对象的方法完成了两个典型实验区域的多尺度分割.主要研究了分割参数的选择;重点提出了一种最优分割尺度计算模型.结果表明,此模型计算最优分割尺度方便快捷,而且计算出的最优分割尺度...     

基于整体变分模型的影像阴影检测算法研究

将影像上普遍存在的阴影视为图像退化的一种特殊形式，以整体变分模型为基础，以影像上阴影区域亮度普遍较暗且较均匀、阴影区域和非阴影区域之间的反差普遍较大的特点为约束，导出了整体变分模型用于影像上阴影检测的基本算法。通过对若干幅实际影像的阴影检测实验表明，本文算法对灰度影像和彩色影像上阴影区域的检测是有效的。     

纹理特征遥感影像分割研究

影像分割是面向对象的分类思想应用于遥感影像信息自动提取的基础,纹理是影像的基本特征,是影像分析、理解和识别的重要信息,纹理特性的有效表达和抽取,是基于纹理影像分割的前提。本文系统概述了近年来各类文献中使用频率较高的基于纹理的遥感影像分割方法,并以基于统计的方法、基于纹理结构的方法、基于模型的方法和基于空间/频率的方法四种基本类型为主线,对每一类分割方法的特点进行了分析和总结,在此基础上指出了基于纹理特征遥感影像分割的研究趋势。     

一种改进的基于最小生成树的遥感影像多尺度分割方法

影像分割是遥感影像面向对象信息提取的基础步骤。基于多特征、多尺度及考虑空间关系的遥感图像分割是主流研究方向。本文基于eCognition软件的多尺度分割思想,引入基于图论的最优化理论,提出了基于最小生成树分割和最小异质性准则的多尺度分割方法。该方法采用相干增强各向异性扩散滤波和最小生成树分割得到初始分割结果,通过最小异质性合并准则同时考虑多波段光谱特性区域形状参数进行区域合并,实现多尺度的影像分割。本次研究选取两景试验影像,对本文方法和eCognition软件的多尺度分割方法开展了目视比较和定量指标评价,结果表明,本文提出的方法是一种有效的影像分割方法,在光谱差异较小区域的细分方面优于eCognition方法。     

基于SVM的高光谱遥感图像亚像元定位

提出了基于支持向量机（support vector machine,SVM）的高光谱遥感图像亚像元定位方法。全变分（total variation,TV）模型是经典的保边缘平滑滤波器,本文将其引入作为预处理,来提高混合像元分解及亚像元定位的精度;本文方法在训练和检验样本的构建过程中,依据空间相关性理论,同时考虑了中心像元及其邻近像元丰度值对亚像元类别归属的影响;在监督分类训练和检验过程中,通过剔除纯净像元来缩减样本数量,在保证算法准确性的同时提高了效率。对真实高光谱遥感数据进行了实验,主观评价和定量分析验证了本文方法的有效性。     

遥感图像分割的迭代上下文融合小波域HMT模型

由于已有小波域HMT(hidden Markov tree)图像分割算法在上下文融合阶段直接对数据块大小不等的相邻两尺度进行信息融合,导致细节信息分割不充分。为此,提出一种基于迭代上下文融合的小波域HMT模型图像分割算法。该算法在上下文融合阶段采用迭代融合方法,将每一尺度的融合结果作为该尺度的上下文信息再次融合,并设置变化阈值作为迭代终止条件。利用Brodatz纹理组合图像和Formosat-2遥感图像进行分割试验。定性和定量分析表明本文算法能改善图像分割的细节效果,进一步提高图像分割精度。     

Improving Spectral–spatial Classification of Hyperspectral Imagery Using Spectral Dimensionality Reduction Based on Weighted Genetic Algorithm

This paper aims to improve the accuracy and the efficiency of high resolution land cover mapping in urban area. To this end, an improved approach for classification of hyperspectral imagery is proposed and evaluated. This approach benefits from both inherent spectral and spatial information of an image. The weighted genetic (WG) algorithm is first used to obtain the subspace of hyperspectral data. The obtained features are then fed into the enhanced marker-based minimum spanning forest (EMSF) classification algorithm. In this algorithm, the markers are extracted from the classification maps obtained by both support vector machine and watershed segmentation algorithm classifiers. For this purpose, the class’s pixels with the largest population in the classification map are kept for each region of the segmentation map. Then, the most reliable classified pixels are chosen from among the exiting pixels as markers. To evaluate the efficiency of the proposed approach, three hyperspectral data sets acquired by ROSIS-03, Hymap and Hyper-Cam LWIR are used. Experimental results showed that the proposed WG–EMSF approach achieves approximately 9, 8 and 6% better overall accuracy than the original MSF-based algorithm for these data sets respectively.     

Robust river boundaries extraction of dammed lakes in mountain areas after Wenchuan Earthquake from high resolution SAR images combining local connectivity and ACM

River boundaries extraction from SAR imagery is valuable for flood monitoring and damage assessment. Several rivers, parts of which include dammed lakes caused by landslides and rock avalanches triggered by the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake, were taken as a case study for robust extraction. In this paper, a novel state-of-the-art approach for automated river boundaries extraction using high resolution synthetic aperture radar (SAR) intensity imagery is presented. The key of our approach lies in the combined usage of local connectivity feature of the river and a region-based active contours model (ACM) in a variational level set framework to differentiate between river and the background. First, sub-patched intensity thresholding segmentation is applied to SAR imagery. Pixels with intensities below the threshold are selected as potential river pixels while the others are potential background pixels. Second, potential river pixels are divided into several connected regions, considering that the river is a big connected region, only relatively bigger regions with similar contrast value are retained as the regions of interest (ROI) while others are noise due to pixel-level decision approach in the first step or shadows due to mountains terrain. Third, the ROI and their contours are regarded as local region and the initial contours to refine the river boundaries, which are used to reduce the scene complexity of ACM and its sensitivity to initial situation, respectively. A novel ACM driven by local image fitting (LIF) energy is presented and used for river boundaries extraction for the first time, which is not only robust against inhomogeneity widely spread in SAR imagery but also can work with efficiency without the need of re-initialization during iteration compared to traditional ACM. The proposed approach was tested on numerous high resolution airborne SAR images containing connected rivers or dammed lakes obtained by Chinese domestic radar system after Wenchuan Earthquake. For the overall dataset, the average commission error, omission error and root mean squared error were 6.5%, 3.3%, and 0.51, respectively. The average computational time for 4000 by 4000 image size was 21 min using a PC-based MATLAB platform. Our experimental results demonstrate that the proposed approach is robust and effective.     

Improving MODIS sea ice detectability using gray level co-occurrence matrix texture analysis method: A case study in the Bohai Sea

An effective methodology for Bohai Sea ice detection based on gray level co-occurrence matrix (GLCM) texture analysis is proposed using MODIS 250 m imagery. The method determines texture measures for sea ice extraction by analyzing the discrepancy of textural features between sea ice and sea water. Sea ice extent and outer edge are recognized accurately by texture segmentation owing to significant differences in texture statistical features between ice and water. The texture analysis method can properly eliminate perturbations on sea ice extraction due to suspended sediment. It effectively solves the problem of spectral confusion and sea ice misassignment in the conventional gray-threshold segmentation and ratio-threshold segmentation methods. The method eliminates the need for threshold range setting for sea ice segmentation. Taking the Bohai Sea as an example, the results of the proposed method are validated using co-temporal HJ1B-CCD 30 m imagery by visual interpretation, and the accuracy of the method are evaluated using confusion matrix. The results show that the proposed method is superior and more reliable for sea ice detection compared to conventional methods, providing an ideal tool for precise sea ice extraction.     

An Integrated Multistage Framework for Automatic Road Extraction from High Resolution Satellite Imagery

Automated procedures to rapidly identify road networks from high-resolution satellite imagery are necessary for modern applications in GIS. In this paper, we propose an approach for automatic road extraction by integrating a set of appropriate modules in a unified framework, to solve this complex problem. The two main properties of roads used are: (1) spectral contrast with respect to background and (2) locally linear path. Support Vector Machine is used to discriminate between road and non-road segments. We propose a Dominant singular Measure (DSM) for the task of detecting linear (locally) road boundaries. This pair of information of road segments, obtained using Probabilistic SVM (PSVM) and DSM, is integrated using a modified Constraint Satisfaction Neural Network. Results of this integration are not satisfactory due to occlusion of roads, variation of road material, and curvilinear pattern. Suitable post-processing modules (segment linking and region part segmentation) have been designed to address these issues. The proposed non-model based approach is verified with extensive experimentations and performance compared with two state-of-the-art techniques and a GIS based tool, using multi-spectral satellite images. The proposed methodology is robust and shows superior performance (completeness and correctness are used as measures) in automating the process of road network extraction.