Anomaly Detection from Hyperspectral Images Using Clustering Based Feature Reduction

An anomaly detection method with a clustering based feature reduction is proposed in this paper to improve the performance of the Local RX detector. Because of high dimensionality of hyperspectral image and the low number of available samples in each local region around each testing pixel, the estimate of local covariance matrix is not possible. So, because of singularity problem, Local RX cannot use the local covariance matrix and misses the local structures of data to model the background clutter. To deal with this problem, a supervised clustering based feature reduction is introduced for extraction of background features with minimum overlap and redundant information. In the projected feature space with reduced dimensionality, the local structures of background pixels are estimated to efficiently model the background data. The experiments done on both synthetic and real hyperspectral images show the superior detection performance of the proposed method with a relatively high speed.     

Remote Targets Recognition Based on Adaptive Weighting Feature Dictionaries and Joint Sparse Representations

With the improvement in resolution, more and more useful information is contained in the space of remote sensing images, which makes the processing of remote sensing data become more complex, and it is easy to cause the curse of dimensionality and the poor recognition effect. In this paper, a remote target recognition approach named AJRC is proposed, which uses joint feature dictionary for sparse representation based on different feature information for adaptive weighting. Firstly, the features of the images are extracted to calculate the contribution weight of each eigenvalue in sparse representation, and each eigenvalue contribution weight is calculated in sparse representation. Through the adaptive method, the contribution ability of each feature value in sparse representation is strengthened, and new atoms are formed to construct feature dictionary, which makes the dictionary more discriminative. Then, the common features of each category image and the private features of a single image are extracted from the feature vector, and a joint dictionary is formed to represent the test image sparse and recognize the output of the target. Aiming at the problem that the target visual contrast difference, the low resolution and the rotation of the target with different angles, the experiment is carried out by different feature extraction methods. At the same time, we use the PCA method to reduce the feature dictionary in order to avoid dimensionality. Experiments show that compared with the existing SRC method and JSM method, this method has better recognition rate.     

Spatially Coherent Nonlinear Dimensionality Reduction and Segmentation of Hyperspectral Images

The nonlinear dimensionality reduction and its effects on vector classification and segmentation of hyperspectral images are investigated in this letter. In particular, the way dimensionality reduction influences and helps classification and segmentation is studied. The proposed framework takes into account the nonlinear nature of high-dimensional hyperspectral images and projects onto a lower dimensional space via a novel spatially coherent locally linear embedding technique. The spatial coherence is introduced by comparing pixels based on their local surrounding structure in the image domain and not just on their individual values as classically done. This spatial coherence in the image domain across the multiple bands defines the high-dimensional local neighborhoods used for the dimensionality reduction. This spatial coherence concept is also extended to the segmentation and classification stages that follow the dimensionality reduction, introducing a modified vector angle distance. We present the underlying concepts of the proposed framework and experimental results showing the significant classification improvements     

Adaptive Progressive Band Selection for Dimensionality Reduction in Hyperspectral Images

One of the challenging problems in processing high dimensional data, as hyperspectral images, with better spectral and temporal resolution is the computational complexity resulting from processing the huge amount of data volume. Various methods have been developed in the literature for dimensionality reduction, generally divided into two main techniques: data transformation techniques and features selection techniques. The feature selection technique is advantageous compared to transformation techniques in preserving the original data. However, deciding the appropriate number of features to be selected and choosing these features are very challenging since they require exhaustive researches. The progressive feature selection technique is a new concept recently introduced to address these issues based on priority criteria. However, this approach presents limits when these criteria are insufficient or depends on domain applications. In this paper, we present a new approach to improve the Progressive Feature Selection technique by adding new criteria that measure the amount of information present in each band. The endmembers extraction phase of the proposed approach includes both the N-FINDR and the ATGP algorithms. A case based reasoning system is used to choose the optimal criterion for the endmember extraction. The performances of this proposed approach were evaluated using AVIRIS hyperspectral image and the obtained results prove its effectiveness compared to other PBS techniques.     

Feature fusion to improve road network extraction in high-resolution SAR images

This letter aims at the extraction of roads and road networks from high-resolution synthetic aperture radar data. Classical methods based on line detection do not use all the information available; indeed, in high-resolution data, roads are large enough to be considered as regions and can be characterized also by their statistics. This property can be used in a classification scheme. Therefore, this letter presents a road extraction method which is based on the fusion of classification (statistical information) and line detection (structural information). This fusion is done at the feature level, which helps to improve both the level of likelihood and the number of the extracted roads. The proposed approach is tested with two classification methods and one line extractor. Results on two different datasets are discussed.     

Optimum Data Vector Approach to Multibaseline SAR Interferometry Phase Unwrapping

Phase unwrapping is a key problem not only in all quantitative applications of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) interferometry but also in other fields. In this letter, a new phase unwrapping approach is investigated. Our study is based on the model of the optimum data vector. In order to autocoregister the SAR images, the proposed method takes advantage of the multibaseline optimal weighted joint data vector by extracting all the coherence information available in the neighboring pixels. Moreover, the method employs the projection of the joint signal subspace onto the corresponding noise subspace to estimate the unwrapped interferometric phases (or the terrain heights). The proposed method can accurately determine the dimensions of the noise subspace and provide the robust unwrapped interferometric phases even in the presence of the large image coregistration errors. Moreover, the multibaseline processing idea is a combination of data optimization, image coregistration, interferogram filtering, and phase unwrapping.     

加权空-谱联合保持嵌入的高光谱遥感影像降维方法

高光谱遥感影像数据量大、波段数多,容易导致“维数灾难”。传统流形学习方法一般仅考虑其光谱特征,忽略了空间信息。为此提出一种非监督的基于加权空-谱联合保持嵌入(WSCPE)的维数约简算法。首先采用加权均值滤波(WMF)方法对高光谱影像进行滤波,以消除噪点和背景点的干扰。然后根据遥感影像地物分布的空间一致性,通过采用加权空-谱联合距离(WSCD)来融合像素点的光谱信息和空间信息,有效选取各像素点的空-谱近邻,并根据像素点与其空-谱近邻点之间的坐标距离来有区别的利用其近邻点进行流形重构,提取低维鉴别特征进行地物分类。在PaviaU和Indian Pines数据集上的分类结果表明,总体分类精度分别达到了98.89%和95.47%。该方法在反映影像内部流形结构的同时,有效融合了影像的空间-光谱信息,故能提高影像特征的鉴别性,并提升分类性能。     

地面激光点云与数码影像自动高精度配准

针对地面激光雷达点云和数码光学影像非同源异质数据自动配准困难的问题,本文提出了基于互信息的两种数据同名特征高精度自动提取的方法。首先,把点云数据生成中心平面投影的反射强度图像和基于RGB信息的彩色图像,应用点云彩色图像和数码光学影像的匹配,确定点云与影像的粗配准参数;然后,对反射强度图像进行特征提取,应用粗配准参数确定其在数码光学影像上的初始位置,应用互信息实现非同源数据的高精度匹配;最后,应用罗德里格矩阵和选权迭代方法计算高精度配准参数,生成三维彩色模型。试验证明,本文方法可以解决地面激光点云和数码光学影像非同源异质数据的配准问题,具有一定的研究和应用价值。     

Image classification-based ground filtering of point clouds extracted from UAV-based aerial photos

With the advent of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for mapping applications, it is possible to generate 3D dense point clouds using stereo images. This technology, however, has some disadvantages when compared to Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) system. Unlike LiDAR, digital cameras mounted on UAVs are incapable of viewing beneath the canopy, which leads to sparse points on the bare earth surface. In such cases, it is more challenging to remove points belonging to above-ground objects using ground filtering algorithms generated especially for LiDAR data. To tackle this problem, a methodology employing supervised image classification for filtering 3D point clouds is proposed in this study. A classified image is overlapped with the point cloud to determine the ground points to be used for digital elevation model (DEM) generation. Quantitative evaluation results showed that filtering the point cloud with this methodology has a good potential for high-resolution DEM generation.     

以交叉累积剩余熵为准则的星载激光测高仪大光斑波形数据与地形匹配法

提出了一种基于交叉累积剩余熵的星载激光测高仪大光斑波形数据与地形匹配方法。根据星载激光测高仪大光斑回波波形信号包含地形结构信息的特性,将激光回波波形数据和数字表面模型(DSM)投影到统计特征空间,建立数据的统计特征向量,消除数据间维度差异,以交叉累积剩余熵为相似性测度匹配波形数据与地形的统计特征。试验结果表明,本方法能够较好地实现激光回波波形数据与地形的匹配,匹配精度达到一个像素以内。     

高光谱影像空-谱协同嵌入的地物分类算法

针对传统高光谱影像地物分类算法大多仅考虑光谱信息而忽略空间邻近像元间相关性的问题,提出了一种空-谱协同嵌入(SSCE)降维算法和空-谱协同最近邻(SSCNN)分类器。首先,定义一种空-谱协同距离,并将其应用于近邻选取和低维嵌入;然后,构建空-谱近邻关系图来保持数据中的流形结构,并在权值设置中增大空间近邻点的权重以增强数据间的聚集性,提取鉴别特征;最后使用SSCNN分类器对降维后的数据进行分类。利用PaviaU和Salinas高光谱数据集进行试验验证,结果表明,与传统的光谱分类算法相比,该算法能有效提高高光谱影像的地物分类精度。     

Contextual Spatiospectral Postreconstruction of Cloud-Contaminated Images

A general method has been proposed recently for the contextual reconstruction of cloud-contaminated areas in multitemporal multispectral images. It is based on the idea of making the prediction process learn from information available in the cloud-free neighborhood of contaminated areas. Though promising, this method does not fully exploit all available information, thus leaving room for further methodological enhancements. This letter presents a postreconstruction methodology for improving the contextual reconstruction process by opportunely capturing spatial and spectral correlations characterizing the considered image. In addition, we propose a solution to a problem that has not yet been addressed in the remote sensing literature, i.e., the generation of an error map beside the reconstructed images to provide end-users with helpful indications about reconstruction reliability. Thorough experiments conducted on a multitemporal sequence of Landsat-7 ETM+ images are reported and discussed.     

DEM Reconstruction in Layover Areas From SAR and Auxiliary Input Data

In this letter, a methodology to overcome the layover problem and obtain the 3-D reconstruction of urban areas will be discussed. Interferometric synthetic aperture radar (SAR) (InSAR) systems allow the estimation of height profiles of the Earth surface, but in the case of urban scenarios, estimation becomes a hard task due to the presence of SAR geometrical distortions, with layover above all. First, the layover signal in InSAR images is investigated; then, a procedure to specifically manage layover areas is presented. The proposed method consists of introducing an auxiliary data exploitation, optical data or SAR shadowing, in the maximum a posteriori statistical estimation technique to improve the digital elevation model reconstruction, particularly on phase discontinuities. We test the method on simulated data, showing its effectiveness.     

Modeling the Error Statistics in Support Vector Regression of Surface Temperature From Infrared Data

Land and sea surface temperatures are important input parameters for many hydrological and meteorological models. Satellite infrared remote sensing is an effective tool for mapping these variables on regional and global scales. A supervised approach, based on support vector machines (SVMs), has recently been developed to estimate surface temperature from satellite radiometry. However, in order to integrate temperature estimates into hydrological or meteorological data-assimilation schemes (e.g., in flood-prevention applications), a further critical input is often required in the form of pixelwise error statistics. This information is important because it quantifies inaccuracies in the temperature estimate computed for each pixel. This letter proposes two novel methods to model the statistics of the SVM regression error on a pixelwise basis. Both approaches take into account the nonstationary behavior of the error itself. This problem has been only recently explored in the SVM literature through the use of Bayesian reformulations of SVM regressions. The methods proposed in this letter extend this approach by integrating it with either maximum-likelihood or confidence-interval supervised estimators. In both cases, the goal is improved modeling of the error contribution due to intrinsic random variability in the data (e.g., noise). The methods are experimentally validated on Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) and Meteosat Second Generation-Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (MSG-SEVIRI) images.      

Genetic SVM Approach to Semisupervised Multitemporal Classification

The updating of classification maps, as new image acquisitions are obtained, raises the problem of ground-truth information (training samples) updating. In this context, semisupervised multitemporal classification represents an interesting though still not well consolidated approach to tackle this issue. In this letter, we propose a novel methodological solution based on this approach. Its underlying idea is to update the ground-truth information through an automatic estimation process, which exploits archived ground-truth information as well as basic indications from the user about allowed/forbidden class transitions from an acquisition date to another. This updating problem is formulated by means of the support vector machine classification approach and a constrained multiobjective optimization genetic algorithm. Experimental results on a multitemporal data set consisting of two multisensor (Landsat-5 Thematic Mapper and European Remote Sensing satellite synthetic aperture radar) images are reported and discussed.     

高光谱数据的降维及Tabu搜索算法的应用

在高光谱影像的分类过程中,如何有效地降低特征空间的维数,又能保证原始数据所包含的丰富地物信息是一项十分重要而繁琐的工作。深入分析了这种降维的必要性,并针对当前常用的降维方法存在的问题,提出了运用Tabu搜索算法获取对分类最为有利的特征波段的思想。考虑到高光谱数据的特点,指出了算法运行中应该注意的若干关键参数设置问题。实验表明,Tabu搜索算法在求解质量和执行效率方面都有着良好的表现,可以用于高光谱数据的降维处理。     

高光谱数据的降维及Tabu搜索算法的应用

在高光谱影像的分类过程中,如何有效地降低特征空间的维数,又能保证原始数据所包含的丰富地物信息是一项十分重要而繁琐的工作.深入分析了这种降维的必要性,并针对当前常用的降维方法存在的问题,提出了运用Tabu搜索算法获取对分类最为有利的特征波段的思想.考虑到高光谱数据的特点,指出了算法运行中应该注意的若干关键参数设置问题.实验表明,Tabu搜索算法在求解质量和执行效率方面都有着良好的表现,可以用于高光谱数据的降维处理.     

Feature Identification via a Combined ICA–Wavelet Method for Image Information Mining

Image transformation is required for color–texture image segmentation. Various techniques are available for the transformation along the spatial and spectral axes. For instance, the HSV–wavelet technique is shown to be very effective for image information mining in remote-sensing applications. However, the HSV transformation approach uses only three spectral bands at a time. In this letter, a new feature set, obtained by combining independent component analysis and wavelet transformation for image information mining in geospatial data, is presented. Experimental results show the effectiveness of the presented method for image information mining in Earth observation data archives.      

Terrain Moisture Classification Using GPS Surface-Reflected Signals

In this letter, a novel method of land-surface classification using surface-reflected global positioning system (GPS) signals in combination with digital imagery is presented. Two GPS-derived classification features are merged with visible image data to create terrain moisture classes, defined here as visibly identifiable terrain or landcover classes containing a surface/soil moisture component. As compared to using surface imagery alone, classification accuracy is significantly improved for a number of visible classes when adding GPS-based signal features. Since the strength of the reflected GPS signal is proportional to the amount of moisture in the surface, the use of these GPS features provides information about the surface that is not obtainable using visible wavelengths alone. Application areas include hydrology, precision agriculture, and wetlands mapping     

Reduced-Dimensional Processing for Ground Moving Target Detection in Distributed Space-Based Radar

With multisatellite radar systems, several additional features are achieved: multistatic observation, interferometry, ground moving target indication (GMTI). In this letter, a new reduced-dimensional method based on joint pixels sum-difference (Sigma-Delta) data for clutter rejection and GMTI is proposed. The reduced-dimensional joint pixels Sigma-Delta data are obtained by the orthogonal projection of the joint pixels data of different synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images generated by a multisatellite radar system. In the sense of statistic expectation, the joint pixels Sigma-Delta data contain the common and different information among SAR images. Then, the objective of clutter cancellation and GMTI can be achieved by adaptive processing. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness and robustness of the proposed method even with clutter fluctuation and image coregistration errors