Spectral-spatial classification of hyperspectral images using wavelet transform and hidden Markov random fields

This paper proposes a spectral–spatial method for classification of hyperspectral images. The proposed method, called SSC, consists of two steps. In the first step, to overcome the computation complexity, a wavelet-based classifier is designed. In the second step, to enhance the classification accuracy, a novel hidden Markov random field called NHMRF technique in spatial domain is suggested. In NHMRF, we convert two-dimensional energies of traditional hidden Markov random field to three-dimensional energies and then we apply edge preserving regularization terms on each two-dimensional energy of this cube. The class label of each test pixel is fixed based on minimum three-dimensional energy achieved by edge preserving regularization terms. Experimental results show that the classification accuracy of the proposed approach based on three-dimensional energies and edge preserving regularization terms is effectively improved in comparison with the state-of-the-art methods.