SAR image feature detection using shadow information

Author(s):  
Mark Denny ◽  
Neville Ramsey

Panorama development is the basically method of integrating multiple images captured of the same scene under consideration to get high resolution image. This process is useful for combining multiple images which are overlapped to obtain larger image. Usefulness of Image stitching is found in the field related to medical imaging, data from satellites, computer vision and automatic target recognition in military applications. The goal objective of this research paper is basically for developing an high improved resolution and its quality panorama having with high accuracy and minimum computation time. Initially we compared different image feature detectors and tested SIFT, SURF, ORB to find out the rate of detection of the corrected available key points along with processing time. Later on, testing is done with some common techniques of image blending or fusion for improving the mosaicing quality process. In this experimental results, it has been found out that ORB image feature detection and description algorithm is more accurate, fastest which gives a higher performance and Pyramid blending method gives the better stitching quality. Lastly panorama is developed based on combination of ORB binary descriptor method for finding out image features and pyramid blending method.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Huijie Ding ◽  
Arthur K. L. Lin

Considering the defaults in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image feature extraction, an SAR target recognition method based on non-subsampled Shearlet transform (NSST) was proposed with application to target recognition. NSST was used to decompose an SAR image into multilevel representations. These representations were translation-invariant, and they could well reflect the dominant and detailed properties of the target. During the machine learning classification stage, the joint sparse representation was employed to jointly represent the multilevel representations. The joint sparse representation could represent individual components independently while considering the inner correlations between different components. Therefore, the precision of joint representation could be enhanced. Finally, the target label of the test sample was determined according to the overall reconstruction error. Experiments were conducted on the MSTAR dataset to examine the proposed method, and the results confirmed its validity and robustness under the standard operating condition, configuration variance, depression angle variance, and noise corruption.


2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nick M Murray ◽  
Mathias Unberath ◽  
Gregory D Hager ◽  
Ferdinand K Hui

Background and purposeAcute stroke caused by large vessel occlusions (LVOs) requires emergent detection and treatment by endovascular thrombectomy. However, radiologic LVO detection and treatment is subject to variable delays and human expertise, resulting in morbidity. Imaging software using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), a branch of AI, may improve rapid frontline detection of LVO strokes. This report is a systematic review of AI in acute LVO stroke identification and triage, and characterizes LVO detection software.MethodsA systematic review of acute stroke diagnostic-focused AI studies from January 2014 to February 2019 in PubMed, Medline, and Embase using terms: ‘artificial intelligence’ or ‘machine learning or deep learning’ and ‘ischemic stroke’ or ‘large vessel occlusion’ was performed.ResultsVariations of AI, including ML methods of random forest learning (RFL) and convolutional neural networks (CNNs), are used to detect LVO strokes. Twenty studies were identified that use ML. Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score (ASPECTS) commonly used RFL, while LVO detection typically used CNNs. Image feature detection had greater sensitivity with CNN than with RFL, 85% versus 68%. However, AI algorithm performance metrics use different standards, precluding ideal objective comparison. Four current software platforms incorporate ML: Brainomix (greatest validation of AI for ASPECTS, uses CNNs to automatically detect LVOs), General Electric, iSchemaView (largest number of perfusion study validations for thrombectomy), and Viz.ai (uses CNNs to automatically detect LVOs, then automatically activates emergency stroke treatment systems).ConclusionsAI may improve LVO stroke detection and rapid triage necessary for expedited treatment. Standardization of performance assessment is needed in future studies.


2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 (15) ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sos S. Agaian ◽  
Marzena (Mary Ann) Mulawka ◽  
Rahul Rajendran ◽  
Shishir P Rao ◽  
Shreyas Kamath K.M ◽  
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Author(s):  
C. Xu ◽  
H. G. Sui ◽  
D. R. Li ◽  
K. M. Sun ◽  
J. Y. Liu

Automatic image registration is a vital yet challenging task, particularly for multi-sensor remote sensing images. Given the diversity of the data, it is unlikely that a single registration algorithm or a single image feature will work satisfactorily for all applications. Focusing on this issue, the mainly contribution of this paper is to propose an automatic optical-to-SAR image registration method using –level and refinement model: Firstly, a multi-level strategy of coarse-to-fine registration is presented, the visual saliency features is used to acquire coarse registration, and then specific area and line features are used to refine the registration result, after that, sub-pixel matching is applied using KNN Graph. Secondly, an iterative strategy that involves adaptive parameter adjustment for re-extracting and re-matching features is presented. Considering the fact that almost all feature-based registration methods rely on feature extraction results, the iterative strategy improve the robustness of feature matching. And all parameters can be automatically and adaptively adjusted in the iterative procedure. Thirdly, a uniform level set segmentation model for optical and SAR images is presented to segment conjugate features, and Voronoi diagram is introduced into Spectral Point Matching (VSPM) to further enhance the matching accuracy between two sets of matching points. Experimental results show that the proposed method can effectively and robustly generate sufficient, reliable point pairs and provide accurate registration.


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