Polarimetric SAR image segmentation with B-splines and a new statistical model

DOI10.1007/S11045-010-0113-4zbMATH Open1198.94027arXiv1207.3944OpenAlexW2062382107MaRDI QIDQ600876FDOQ600876

Authors: Alejandro C. Frery, Julio Jacobo-Berlles, Juliana Gambini, Marta E. Mejail 

Publication date: 3 November 2010

Published in: Multidimensional Systems and Signal Processing (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We present an approach for polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) image region boundary detection based on the use of B-Spline active contours and a new model for polarimetric SAR data: the GHP distribution. In order to detect the boundary of a region, initial B-Spline curves are specified, either automatically or manually, and the proposed algorithm uses a deformable contours technique to find the boundary. In doing this, the parameters of the polarimetric GHP model for the data are estimated, in order to find the transition points between the region being segmented and the surrounding area. This is a local algorithm since it works only on the region to be segmented. Results of its performance are presented.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1207.3944

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zbMATH Keywords

estimationedge detectionsynthetic aperture radarB-spline curvesstatistical modelcomplex-valued sensingpolarimetric signal analysisspecklenoise

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Signal theory (characterization, reconstruction, filtering, etc.) (94A12) Image processing (compression, reconstruction, etc.) in information and communication theory (94A08) Application of orthogonal and other special functions (94A11)

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