An Edge-assisted, Object-oriented Random Forest Approach for Refined Extraction of Tea Plantations Using Multi-temporal Sentinel-2 and High-resolution Gaofen-2 Imagery

As a consumed and influential natural plant beverage,tea is widely planted in subtropical and tropical areas all over the world.Affected by(sub)tropical climate characteristics,the underlying surface of the tea distribution area is extremely complex,with a variety of vegetation types.In addition,tea distribution is scattered and fragmentized in most of China.Therefore,it is difficult to obtain accurate tea information based on coarse resolution remote sensing data and existing feature extraction methods.This study proposed a boundary-enhanced,object-oriented random forest method on the basis of high-resolution GF-2 and multi-temporal Sentinel-2 data.This method uses multispectral indexes,textures,vegetable indices,and variation characteristics of time-series NDVI from the multi-temporal Sentinel-2 imageries to obtain abundant features related to the growth of tea plantations.To reduce feature redundancy and computation time,the feature elimination algorithm based on Mean Decrease Accuracy(MDA)was used to generate the optimal feature set.Considering the serious boundary inconsistency problem caused by the complex and fragmented land cover types,high resolution GF-2 image was segmented based on the MultiResolution Segmentation(MRS)algorithm to assist the segmentation of Sentinel-2,which contributes to delineating meaningful objects and enhancing the reliability of the boundary for tea plantations.Finally,the object-oriented random forest method was utilized to extract the tea information based on the optimal feature combination in the Jingmai Mountain,Yunnan Province.The resulting tea plantation map had high accuracy,with a 95.38%overall accuracy and 0.91 kappa coefficient.We conclude that the proposed method is effective for mapping tea plantations in high heterogeneity mountainous areas and has the potential for mapping tea plantations in large areas.

Infrared and Visible Image Fusion Based on Res2Net-Transformer Automatic Encoding and Decoding

A novel image fusion network framework with an autonomous encoder and decoder is suggested to increase thevisual impression of fused images by improving the quality of infrared and visible light picture fusion. The networkcomprises an encoder module, fusion layer, decoder module, and edge improvementmodule. The encoder moduleutilizes an enhanced Inception module for shallow feature extraction, then combines Res2Net and Transformerto achieve deep-level co-extraction of local and global features from the original picture. An edge enhancementmodule (EEM) is created to extract significant edge features. A modal maximum difference fusion strategy isintroduced to enhance the adaptive representation of information in various regions of the source image, therebyenhancing the contrast of the fused image. The encoder and the EEM module extract features, which are thencombined in the fusion layer to create a fused picture using the decoder. Three datasets were chosen to test thealgorithmproposed in this paper. The results of the experiments demonstrate that the network effectively preservesbackground and detail information in both infrared and visible images, yielding superior outcomes in subjectiveand objective evaluations.

A color image encryption scheme based on a 2D coupled chaotic system and diagonal scrambling algorithm

A novel color image encryption scheme is developed to enhance the security of encryption without increasing the complexity. Firstly, the plain color image is decomposed into three grayscale plain images, which are converted into the frequency domain coefficient matrices(FDCM) with discrete cosine transform(DCT) operation. After that, a twodimensional(2D) coupled chaotic system is developed and used to generate one group of embedded matrices and another group of encryption matrices, respectively. The embedded matrices are integrated with the FDCM to fulfill the frequency domain encryption, and then the inverse DCT processing is implemented to recover the spatial domain signal. Eventually,under the function of the encryption matrices and the proposed diagonal scrambling algorithm, the final color ciphertext is obtained. The experimental results show that the proposed method can not only ensure efficient encryption but also satisfy various sizes of image encryption. Besides, it has better performance than other similar techniques in statistical feature analysis, such as key space, key sensitivity, anti-differential attack, information entropy, noise attack, etc.

Image Dehazing with Hybrid λ2-λ0 Penalty Mode

Due to the presence of turbid media, such as microdust and water vapor in the environment, outdoor pictures taken under hazy weather circumstances are typically degraded. To enhance the quality of such images, this work proposes a new hybrid λ2-λ0 penalty model for image dehazing. This model performs a weighted fusion of two distinct transmission maps, generated by imposing λ2 and λ0 norm penalties on the approximate regression coefficients of the transmission map. This approach effectively balances the sparsity and smoothness associated with the λ0 and λ2 norms, thereby optimizing the transmittance map. Specifically, when the λ2 norm is penalized in the model, an updated guided image is obtained after implementing λ0 penalty. The resulting optimization problem is effectively solved using the least square method and the alternating direction algorithm. The dehazing framework combines the advantages of λ2 and λ0 norms, enhancing sparse and smoothness, resulting in higher quality images with clearer details and preserved edges.

基于Gaofen-2影像和面向对象的椰子林分类研究

椰子是重要的热带经济作物,海南椰子种植面积占全国的90%以上。快速获取椰子种植面积及其空间分布信息对热带作物产业规划具有十分重要的作用。本研究基于国产Gaofen-2高分辨率卫星影像,以文昌市东郊镇为试验区,开展椰子林遥感分类研究。基于最优分割尺度的面向对象分类方法,选取4个光谱特征、5个植被指数和32个纹理特征为辅助参量,构建了4种不同的面向对象分类组合(光谱特征、光谱特征+纹理特征组合、光谱特征+植被指数组合、光谱特征+纹理特征+植被指数特征组合)进行椰子林分类提取,并与基于像元的椰子林分类结果进行对比分析。结果表明:(1)仅采用基于像元分类方法,椰子林的总体分类精度(overall accuracy,OA)和用户精度(user’s accuracy,UA)分别达到87.05%和85.21%。(2)相比基于像元分类,4种面向对象分类组合的OA值提高了5.51%~8.72%。(3)光谱特征和纹理特征组合提取椰子林分类结果最优,OA值和UA值分别达到95.77%和97.15%;光谱特征和植被指数的组合也得到了较好的分类结果,OA值和UA值分别为94.88%和94.42%;所有的光谱特征、植被指数和纹理特征全部参与分类得到的OA值和UA值分别为94.67%和94.17%,低于仅使用光谱特征或者植被指数的组合。综上,国产高分辨率Gaofen-2影像在椰子林遥感精准识别中具有很大的潜力,结合纹理特征的面向对象分类方法可以更准确地提取椰子林分类信息,研究结果可为多云多雨地区大尺度椰子林遥感识别提供技术参考。

MRI T_2 star mapping、T_1 images与3D DESS融合图在隐匿性膝关节软骨损伤中的应用

目的探讨T_2 star mapping、T_1 images与3D DESS融合伪彩图在关节软骨损伤中的诊断价值。方法对26例关节软骨损伤患者行T_2 star mapping、T_1 images和3D DESS扫描,并将T_1 images、T_2 star mapping与3D DESS图像融合,评价患者股骨、胫骨、髌骨关节软骨损伤程度并与关节镜结果对比,计算融合伪彩图诊断软骨损伤的特异性、敏感性及与关节镜诊断结果一致性。结果 T_1 images-3D DESS融合伪彩图诊断关节软骨损伤的敏感度、特异度及Kappa值分别为92.8%、93.0%、0.769,T_2 star mapping-3D DESS融合伪彩图诊断关节软骨损伤的敏感度、特异度及Kappa值分别为91.4%、94.2%、0.787。结论 T_2 star mapping、T_1 images与3D DESS融合伪彩图在关节软骨早期损伤评价上优于关节镜。

基于Image 2和岭回归模型估测肉牛体尺、体重

为了建立快速、经济、准确、可行的预测肉牛体尺、体重性状指标的方法,试验利用Image 2图像识别技术和岭回归模型预测肉牛的体尺、体重,并与实测值进行比较,经过交叉验证该模型估测结果的准确性。结果表明:试验肉牛预测体尺与真实体尺的相关性>40%,其预测平均偏差小于0.04m。利用岭回归模型预测体重,通过3倍的交叉验证获得93%以上的准确率。说明可以利用图像识别技术与岭回归模型直接预测肉牛体尺、体重。

IMAGE 2型糖尿病预防指南要点与点评

新近,欧洲糖尿病预防指南与培训标准工作组(Development and Implementation of a European Guideline and Training Standards for Diabetes Prevention,IMAGE)颁布了2型糖尿病(T2DM)预防指南,其要点摘译如下:

Mapping soil organic matter in cultivated land based on multi-year composite images on monthly time scales

Rapid and accurate acquisition of soil organic matter(SOM)information in cultivated land is important for sustainable agricultural development and carbon balance management.This study proposed a novel approach to predict SOM with high accuracy using multiyear synthetic remote sensing variables on a monthly scale.We obtained 12 monthly synthetic Sentinel-2 images covering the study area from 2016 to 2021 through the Google Earth Engine(GEE)platform,and reflectance bands and vegetation indices were extracted from these composite images.Then the random forest(RF),support vector machine(SVM)and gradient boosting regression tree(GBRT)models were tested to investigate the difference in SOM prediction accuracy under different combinations of monthly synthetic variables.Results showed that firstly,all monthly synthetic spectral bands of Sentinel-2 showed a significant correlation with SOM(P<0.05)for the months of January,March,April,October,and November.Secondly,in terms of single-monthly composite variables,the prediction accuracy was relatively poor,with the highest R^(2)value of 0.36 being observed in January.When monthly synthetic environmental variables were grouped in accordance with the four quarters of the year,the first quarter and the fourth quarter showed good performance,and any combination of three quarters was similar in estimation accuracy.The overall best performance was observed when all monthly synthetic variables were incorporated into the models.Thirdly,among the three models compared,the RF model was consistently more accurate than the SVM and GBRT models,achieving an R^(2)value of 0.56.Except for band 12 in December,the importance of the remaining bands did not exhibit significant differences.This research offers a new attempt to map SOM with high accuracy and fine spatial resolution based on monthly synthetic Sentinel-2 images.

T2-weighted imaging-based radiomic-clinical machine learning model for predicting the differentiation of colorectal adenocarcinoma

BACKGROUND The study on predicting the differentiation grade of colorectal cancer(CRC)based on magnetic resonance imaging(MRI)has not been reported yet.Developing a non-invasive model to predict the differentiation grade of CRC is of great value.AIM To develop and validate machine learning-based models for predicting the differ-entiation grade of CRC based on T2-weighted images(T2WI).METHODS We retrospectively collected the preoperative imaging and clinical data of 315 patients with CRC who underwent surgery from March 2018 to July 2023.Patients were randomly assigned to a training cohort(n=220)or a validation cohort(n=95)at a 7:3 ratio.Lesions were delineated layer by layer on high-resolution T2WI.Least absolute shrinkage and selection operator regression was applied to screen for radiomic features.Radiomics and clinical models were constructed using the multilayer perceptron(MLP)algorithm.These radiomic features and clinically relevant variables(selected based on a significance level of P<0.05 in the training set)were used to construct radiomics-clinical models.The performance of the three models(clinical,radiomic,and radiomic-clinical model)were evaluated using the area under the curve(AUC),calibration curve and decision curve analysis(DCA).RESULTS After feature selection,eight radiomic features were retained from the initial 1781 features to construct the radiomic model.Eight different classifiers,including logistic regression,support vector machine,k-nearest neighbours,random forest,extreme trees,extreme gradient boosting,light gradient boosting machine,and MLP,were used to construct the model,with MLP demonstrating the best diagnostic performance.The AUC of the radiomic-clinical model was 0.862(95%CI:0.796-0.927)in the training cohort and 0.761(95%CI:0.635-0.887)in the validation cohort.The AUC for the radiomic model was 0.796(95%CI:0.723-0.869)in the training cohort and 0.735(95%CI:0.604-0.866)in the validation cohort.The clinical model achieved an AUC of 0.751(95%CI:0.661-0.842)in the training cohort and 0.676(95%CI:0.525-0.827)in the validation cohort.All three models demonstrated good accuracy.In the training cohort,the AUC of the radiomic-clinical model was significantly greater than that of the clinical model(P=0.005)and the radiomic model(P=0.016).DCA confirmed the clinical practicality of incorporating radiomic features into the diagnostic process.CONCLUSION In this study,we successfully developed and validated a T2WI-based machine learning model as an auxiliary tool for the preoperative differentiation between well/moderately and poorly differentiated CRC.This novel approach may assist clinicians in personalizing treatment strategies for patients and improving treatment efficacy.

Infrared image segmentation method based on 2D histogram shape modification and optimal objective function

In the methods of image thresholding segmentation, such methods based on two-dimensional （2D） histogram and optimal objective functions are important. However, when they are used for infrared image segmentation, they are weak in suppressing background noises and worse in segmenting targets with non-uniform gray level. The concept of 2D histogram shape modification is proposed, which is realized by target information prior restraint after enhancing target information using plateau histogram equalization. The formula of 2D minimum Renyi entropy is deduced for image segmentation, then the shape-modified 2D histogram is combined wfth four optimal objective functions （i.e., maximum between-class variance, maximum entropy, maximum correlation and minimum Renyi entropy） respectively for the appli- cation of infrared image segmentation. Simultaneously, F-measure is introduced to evaluate the segmentation effects objectively. The experimental results show that F-measure is an effective evaluation index for image segmentation since its value is fully consistent with the subjective evaluation, and after 2D histogram shape modification, the methods of optimal objective functions can overcome their original forms＇ deficiency and their segmentation effects are more or less improvements, where the best one is the maximum entropy method based on 2D histogram shape modification.

Defect detection method based on 2D entropy image segmentation

In order to improve the work efficiency of non-destructive testing(NDT)and the reliability of NDT results,an automatic method to detect defects in the ultrasonic image was researched.According to the characterization of ultrasonic D-scan image,clutter wave suppression and de-noising were presented firstly.Then,the image is processed by binaryzation using KSW 2 D entropy based on image segmentation method.The results showed that,the global threshold based segmentation method was somewhat ineffective for D-scan image because of under-segmentation.Especially,when the image is big in size,small targets which are composed by a small amount of pixels are often undetected.Whereas,local threshold based image segmentation method is effective in recognizing small defects because it takes local image character into account.

Sentiment Analysis Using E-Commerce Review Keyword-Generated Image with a Hybrid Machine Learning-Based Model

In the context of the accelerated pace of daily life and the development of e-commerce,online shopping is a mainstreamway for consumers to access products and services.To understand their emotional expressions in facing different shopping experience scenarios,this paper presents a sentiment analysis method that combines the ecommerce reviewkeyword-generated imagewith a hybrid machine learning-basedmodel,inwhich theWord2Vec-TextRank is used to extract keywords that act as the inputs for generating the related images by generative Artificial Intelligence(AI).Subsequently,a hybrid Convolutional Neural Network and Support Vector Machine(CNNSVM)model is applied for sentiment classification of those keyword-generated images.For method validation,the data randomly comprised of 5000 reviews from Amazon have been analyzed.With superior keyword extraction capability,the proposedmethod achieves impressive results on sentiment classification with a remarkable accuracy of up to 97.13%.Such performance demonstrates its advantages by using the text-to-image approach,providing a unique perspective for sentiment analysis in the e-commerce review data compared to the existing works.Thus,the proposed method enhances the reliability and insights of customer feedback surveys,which would also establish a novel direction in similar cases,such as social media monitoring and market trend research.

2-D mini mumfuzzy entropy method of image thresholding based on genetic algorithm

A new image thresholding method is introduced, which is based on 2-D histgram and minimizing the measures of fuzziness of an input image. A new definition of fuzzy membership function is proposed, it denotes the characteristic relationship between the gray level of each pixel and the average value of its neighborhood. When the threshold is not located at the obvious and deep valley of the histgram, genetic algorithm is devoted to the problem of selecting the appropriate threshold value. The experimental results indicate that the proposed method has good performance.

Winter wheat yield estimation based on assimilated Sentinel-2 images with the CERES-Wheat model

Assimilating Sentinel-2 images with the CERES-Wheat model can improve the precision of winter wheat yield estimates at a regional scale. To verify this method, we applied the ensemble Kalman filter(EnKF) to assimilate the leaf area index(LAI) derived from Sentinel-2 data and simulated by the CERES-Wheat model. From this, we obtained the assimilated daily LAI during the growth stage of winter wheat across three counties located in the southeast of the Loess Plateau in China: Xiangfen, Xinjiang, and Wenxi. We assigned LAI weights at different growth stages by comparing the improved analytic hierarchy method, the entropy method, and the normalized combination weighting method, and constructed a yield estimation model with the measurements to accurately estimate the yield of winter wheat. We found that the changes of assimilated LAI during the growth stage of winter wheat strongly agreed with the simulated LAI. With the correction of the derived LAI from the Sentinel-2 images, the LAI from the green-up stage to the heading–filling stage was enhanced, while the LAI decrease from the milking stage was slowed down, which was more in line with the actual changes of LAI for winter wheat. We also compared the simulated and derived LAI and found the assimilated LAI had reduced the root mean square error(RMSE) by 0.43 and 0.29 m^(2) m^(–2), respectively, based on the measured LAI. The assimilation improved the estimation accuracy of the LAI time series. The highest determination coefficient(R2) was 0.8627 and the lowest RMSE was 472.92 kg ha^(–1) in the regression of the yields estimated by the normalized weighted assimilated LAI method and measurements. The relative error of the estimated yield of winter wheat in the study counties was less than 1%, suggesting that Sentinel-2 data with high spatial-temporal resolution can be assimilated with the CERES-Wheat model to obtain more accurate regional yield estimates.

A Novel 2D Hyperchaotic with a Complex Dynamic Behavior for Color Image Encryption

The generation method of the key stream and the structure of the algorithm determine the security of the cryptosystem.The classical chaotic map has simple dynamic behavior and few control parameters,so it is not suitable for modern cryptography.In this paper,we design a new 2D hyperchaotic system called 2D simple structure and complex dynamic behavior map(2D-SSCDB).The 2D-SSCDB has a simple structure but has complex dynamic behavior.The Lyapunov exponent verifies that the 2D-SSCDB has hyperchaotic behavior,and the parameter space in the hyperchaotic state is extensive and continuous.Trajectory analysis and some randomness tests verify that the 2D-SSCDB can generate random sequences with good performance.Next,to verify the excellent performance of the 2D-SSCDB,we use the 2D-SSCDB to generate a keystream for color image encryption.In the encryption algorithm,the encryption algorithm scrambles and diffuses simultaneously,increasing the cryptographic system’s security.The horizontal correlation,vertical correlation,and diagonal correlation of ciphertext are−0.0004,−0.0004 and 0.0007,respectively.The average information entropy of the ciphertext is 7.9993.In addition,the designed encryption algorithm reduces the correlation between the three channels of the color image.Security analysis shows that the color image encryption algorithm designed using 2DSSCDB has good security,can resist standard attack methods,and has high efficiency.

Algorithm Development of Cloud Removal from Solar Images Based on Pix2Pix Network

Sky clouds affect solar observations significantly.Their shadows obscure the details of solar features in observed images.Cloud-covered solar images are difficult to be used for further research without pre-processing.In this paper,the solar image cloud removing problem is converted to an image-to-image translation problem,with a used algorithm of the Pixel to Pixel Network(Pix2Pix),which generates a cloudless solar image without relying on the physical scattering model.Pix2Pix is consists of a generator and a discriminator.The generator is a well-designed U-Net.The discriminator uses PatchGAN structure to improve the details of the generated solar image,which guides the generator to create a pseudo realistic solar image.The image generation model and the training process are optimized,and the generator is jointly trained with the discriminator.So the generation model which can stably generate cloudless solar image is obtained.Extensive experiment results on Huairou Solar Observing Station,National Astronomical Observatories,and Chinese Academy of Sciences(HSOS,NAOC and CAS)datasets show that Pix2Pix is superior to the traditional methods based on physical prior knowledge in peak signal-to-noise ratio,structural similarity,perceptual index,and subjective visual effect.The result of the PSNR,SSIM and PI are 27.2121 dB,0.8601 and 3.3341.

Edge Enhancement for Remote Sensing Image Using Norm Algorithm in L_2 Vector Space

The Householder transformation-norm structure function in L2 vector space of linear algebra is introduced, and the edge enhancement for remote sensing images is realized. The experiment result is compared with traditional Laplacian and Sobel edge enhancements and it shows that the effect of the new method is better than that of the traditional algorithms.

Image to Image Translation Based on Differential Image Pix2Pix Model

In recent years,Pix2Pix,a model within the domain of GANs,has found widespread application in the field of image-to-image translation.However,traditional Pix2Pix models suffer from significant drawbacks in image generation,such as the loss of important information features during the encoding and decoding processes,as well as a lack of constraints during the training process.To address these issues and improve the quality of Pix2Pixgenerated images,this paper introduces two key enhancements.Firstly,to reduce information loss during encoding and decoding,we utilize the U-Net++network as the generator for the Pix2Pix model,incorporating denser skip-connection to minimize information loss.Secondly,to enhance constraints during image generation,we introduce a specialized discriminator designed to distinguish differential images,further enhancing the quality of the generated images.We conducted experiments on the facades dataset and the sketch portrait dataset from the Chinese University of Hong Kong to validate our proposed model.The experimental results demonstrate that our improved Pix2Pix model significantly enhances image quality and outperforms other models in the selected metrics.Notably,the Pix2Pix model incorporating the differential image discriminator exhibits the most substantial improvements across all metrics.An analysis of the experimental results reveals that the use of the U-Net++generator effectively reduces information feature loss,while the Pix2Pix model incorporating the differential image discriminator enhances the supervision of the generator during training.Both of these enhancements collectively improve the quality of Pix2Pix-generated images.

Retrieving chlorophyll content and equivalent water thickness of Moso bamboo(Phyllostachys pubescens) forests under Pantana phyllostachysae Chao-induced stress from Sentinel-2A/B images in a multiple LUTs-based PROSAIL framework

Biochemical components of Moso bamboo(Phyllostachys pubescens)are critical to physiological and ecological processes and play an important role in the material and energy cycles of the ecosystem.The coupled PROSPECT with SAIL(PROSAIL)radiative transfer model is widely used for vegetation biochemical component content inversion.However,the presence of leaf-eating pests,such as Pantana phyllostachysae Chao(PPC),weakens the performance of the model for estimating biochemical components of Moso bamboo and thus must be considered.Therefore,this study considered pest-induced stress signals associated with Sentinel-2A/B images and field data and established multiple sets of biochemical canopy reflectance look-up tables(LUTs)based on the PROSAIL framework by setting different parameter ranges according to infestation levels.Quantitative inversions of leaf area index(LAI),leaf chlorophyll content(LCC),and leaf equivalent water thickness(LEWT)were derived.The scale conversions from LCC to canopy chlorophyll content(CCC)and LEWT to canopy equivalent water thickness(CEWT)were calculated.The results showed that LAI,CCC,and CEWT were inversely related with PPC-induced stress.When applying multiple LUTs,the p-values were<0.01;the R2 values for LAI,CCC,and CEWT were 0.71,0.68,and 0.65 with root mean square error(RMSE)(normalized RMSE,NRMSE)values of 0.38(0.16),17.56μg cm-2(0.20),and 0.02 cm(0.51),respectively.Compared to the values obtained for the traditional PROSAIL model,for October,R2 values increased by 0.05 and 0.10 and NRMSE decreased by 0.09 and 0.02 for CCC and CEWT,respectively and RMSE decreased by 0.35μg cm-2 for CCC.The feasibility of the inverse strategy for integrating pest-induced stress factors into the PROSAIL model,while establishing multiple LUTs under different pest-induced damage levels,was successfully demonstrated and can potentially enhance future vegetation parameter inversion and monitoring of bamboo forest health and ecosystems.