A ROBUST CHANGE DETECTOR FOR MULTILOOK POLARIMETRIC SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR DATA

A ROBUST CHANGE DETECTOR FOR MULTILOOK POLARIMETRIC SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR DATA

In this paper, we propose a robust unsupervised change detection algorithm for multilook polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (PolSAR) data. The Hotelling-Lawley trace (HLT) statistic is used as a test statistic to measure the similarity of two covariance matrices. The generalized Kittler and Illin...

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Main Authors: Ghanbari, Akbari, Abkar, Sahebi, Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2014-10-01
Series:The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
Online Access:http://www.int-arch-photogramm-remote-sens-spatial-inf-sci.net/XL-2-W3/127/2014/isprsarchives-XL-2-W3-127-2014.pdf
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spelling doaj-8c74814918d1440b9c4e8422dd0629872020-11-24T21:47:06ZengCopernicus PublicationsThe International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences1682-17502194-90342014-10-01XL-2/W312713010.5194/isprsarchives-XL-2-W3-127-2014A ROBUST CHANGE DETECTOR FOR MULTILOOK POLARIMETRIC SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR DATAGhanbari0Akbari1Abkar2Sahebi3Liu4Department of Surveying and Geomatics Engineering, K.N.Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, IranDepartment of Physics and Technology, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, NorwayDepartment of Surveying and Geomatics Engineering, K.N.Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, IranDepartment of Surveying and Geomatics Engineering, K.N.Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, IranKey Labratory of Digital Earth Sciences, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, ChinaIn this paper, we propose a robust unsupervised change detection algorithm for multilook polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (PolSAR) data. The Hotelling-Lawley trace (HLT) statistic is used as a test statistic to measure the similarity of two covariance matrices. The generalized Kittler and Illingworth (K&I) minimum-error thresholding algorithm is then applied on the test statistic image to accurately discriminates changed and unchanged areas. The algorithm, tested on real PolSAR images, provides satisfactory results.http://www.int-arch-photogramm-remote-sens-spatial-inf-sci.net/XL-2-W3/127/2014/isprsarchives-XL-2-W3-127-2014.pdf
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A ROBUST CHANGE DETECTOR FOR MULTILOOK POLARIMETRIC SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR DATA
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
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title A ROBUST CHANGE DETECTOR FOR MULTILOOK POLARIMETRIC SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR DATA
title_short A ROBUST CHANGE DETECTOR FOR MULTILOOK POLARIMETRIC SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR DATA
title_full A ROBUST CHANGE DETECTOR FOR MULTILOOK POLARIMETRIC SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR DATA
title_fullStr A ROBUST CHANGE DETECTOR FOR MULTILOOK POLARIMETRIC SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR DATA
title_full_unstemmed A ROBUST CHANGE DETECTOR FOR MULTILOOK POLARIMETRIC SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR DATA
title_sort robust change detector for multilook polarimetric synthetic aperture radar data
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series The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
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publishDate 2014-10-01
description In this paper, we propose a robust unsupervised change detection algorithm for multilook polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (PolSAR) data. The Hotelling-Lawley trace (HLT) statistic is used as a test statistic to measure the similarity of two covariance matrices. The generalized Kittler and Illingworth (K&I) minimum-error thresholding algorithm is then applied on the test statistic image to accurately discriminates changed and unchanged areas. The algorithm, tested on real PolSAR images, provides satisfactory results.
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