Watershed-based Image Segmentation with Region Merging and Edge Detection

The clustering technique is used to examine each pixel in the image which assigned to one of the clusters depending on the minimum distance to obtain primary classified image into different intensity regions. A watershed transformation technique is then employes. This includes: gradient of the classified image, dividing the image into markers, checking the Marker Image to see if it has zero points (watershed lines). The watershed lines are then deleted in the Marker Image created by watershed algorithm. A Region Adjacency Graph (RAG) and Region Adjacency Boundary (RAB) are created between two regions from Marker Image. Finally region merging is done according to region average intensity and two edge strengths (T1, T2). The approach of the authors is tested on remote sensing and brain MR medical images. The final segmentation result is one closed boundary per actual region in the image.

Edge Detection of River in SAR Image Based on Contourlet Modulus Maxima and Improved Mathematical Morphology

To cope with the problems that edge detection operators are liable to make the detected edges too blurry for synthetic aperture radar(SAR)images,an edge detection method for detecting river in SAR images is proposed based on contourlet modulus maxima and improved mathematical morphology.The SAR image is firstly transformed to a contourlet domain.According to the directional information and gradient information of directional subband of contourlet transform,the modulus maximum and the improved mathematical morphology are used to detect high frequency and low frequency sub-image edges,respectively.Subsequently,the edges of river in SAR image are obtained after fusing the high frequency sub-image and the low frequency sub-image.Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed edge detection method can obtain more accurate edge location and reduce false edges,compared with the Canny method,the method based on wavelet and Canny,the method based on contourlet modulus maxima,and the method based on improved(ROEWA).The obtained river edges are complete and clear.

Image edge detection based on beamlet transform

Combining beamlet transform with steerable filters, a new edge detection method based on line gradient is proposed. Compared with operators based on point local properties, the edge-detection results with this method achieve higher SNR and position accuracy, and are quite helpful for image registration, object identification, etc. Some edge-detection experiments on optical and SAR images that demonstrate the significant improvement over classical edge operators axe also presented. Moreover, the template matching result based on edge information of optical reference image and SAR image also proves the validity of this method.

Airport automatic detection in large space-borne SAR imagery

A method to detect airports in large space-borne synthetic aperture radar（SAR） imagery is studied.First,the large SAR imagery is segmented according to amplitude characteristics using maximum a posteriori（MAP） estimator based on the heavytailed Rayleigh model.The attention is then paid on the object of interest（OOI） extracted from the large images.The minimumarea enclosing rectangle（MER） of OOI is created via a rotating calipers algorithm.The projection histogram（PH） of MER for OOI is then computed and the scale and rotation invariant feature for OOI are extracted from the statistical characteristics of PH.A support vector machine（SVM） classifier is trained using those feature parameters and the airport is detected by the SVM classifier and Hough transform.The application in space-borne SAR images demonstrates the effectiveness of the proposed method.

IMAGE ANALYSIS BASED ON EDGE DETECTION TECHNIQUES

A method that incorporates edge detection technique, Markov Random field (MRF), watershed segmentation and merging techniques was presented for performing image segmentation and edge detection tasks. It first applies edge detection technique to obtain a Difference In Strength (DIS) map. An initial segmented result is obtained based on K means clustering technique and the minimum distance. Then the region process is modeled by MRF to obtain an image that contains different intensity regions. The gradient values are calculated and then the watershed technique is used. DIS calculation is used for each pixel to define all the edges (weak or strong) in the image. The DIS map is obtained. This help as priority knowledge to know the possibility of the region segmentation by the next step (MRF), which gives an image that has all the edges and regions information. In MRF model, gray level l , at pixel location i , in an image X , depends on the gray levels of neighboring pixels. The segmentation results are improved by using watershed algorithm. After all pixels of the segmented regions are processed, a map of primitive region with edges is generated. The edge map is obtained using a merge process based on averaged intensity mean values. A common edge detectors that work on (MRF) segmented image are used and the results are compared. The segmentation and edge detection result is one closed boundary per actual region in the image.

Two-Phase Image Segmentation by the Allen-Cahn Equation and a Nonlocal Edge Detection Operator

Based on a nonlocal Laplacian operator,a novel edge detection method of the grayscale image is proposed in this paper.This operator utilizes the information of neighbor pixels for a given pixel to obtain effective and delicate edge detection.The nonlocal edge detection method is used as an initialization for solving the Allen-Cahn equation to achieve two-phase segmentation of the grayscale image.Efficient exponential time differencing(ETD)solvers are employed in the time integration,and finite difference method is adopted in space discretization.The maximum bound principle and energy stability of the proposed numerical schemes are proved.The capability of our segmentation method has been verified in numerical experiments for different types of grayscale images.

Review of Theory and Methods of Image Segmentation

Image segmentation refers to the technique and process of partitioning a digital image into multiple segments based on image characteristics so as to extract the object of interest from it. It is a key step from image processing to image analysis. In the mid-1950s, people began to study image segmentation. For decades, various methods for image segmentation have been proposed. In this paper, traditional image segmentation methods and some new methods appearing in recent years were reviewed. Thresholding segmentation methods, region-based, edge detection-based and segmentation methods based on specific theoretical tools were introduced in detail.

基于改进Wedgelet变换的SAR图像边缘检测

针对SAR图像边缘检测中,传统算法很难同时兼顾噪声抑制和对边缘完整准确定位的缺点,利用多尺度Wedgelet变换能够有效检测线目标的特点,提出了一种新的Wedgelet变换的代价函数,增强了其抑噪能力,同时选择了适当的分解尺度,在没有降低逼近图像质量的情况下提高了变换速度.基于此变换,对SAR图像进行自适应的边缘检测.实验结果表明该方法有效克服了斑点噪声的影响,对SAR图像的边缘检测是可行、有效的.

基于图像分割的SAR图像变化检测算法及实现

本文提出一种基于图像分割的变化检测方法,该方法首先根据SAR图像统计特性进行图像分割,然后对两幅SAR图像的分割图进行融合,用相同的区域分割来描述两幅图像,再利用区域灰度和纹理等信息构造图像变化函数,用变化函数对图像进行变化检测判别,最后利用合成孔径雷达(SAR)图像进行的试验,并和变化矢量分析方法(CVA)进行比较,得到了很好的效果。

结合风格迁移与边缘特征的SAR与光学影像匹配

针对合成孔径雷达(SAR)影像与光学影像匹配中传统算法匹配效果不佳的问题,提出一种基于风格迁移与边缘特征的归一化互相关匹配算法。首先使用循环一致对抗生成网络(CycleGAN)训练从SAR影像到光学影像的风格迁移网络,将SAR影像风格迁移生成人工光学影像,其次将SAR影像及人工光学影像进行边缘提取并融合边缘得到SAR影像边缘特征,同时提取光学影像边缘特征,随后基于二值边缘特征图进行双向一致性约束下的归一化互相关匹配,最后使用快速抽样一致性算法进行误匹配剔除。实验结果表明,本算法比合成孔径雷达尺度不变特征变换(SAR-SIFT)算法与位置尺度定向不变特征变换(PSO-SIFT)算法更适应于SAR与光学影像之间的匹配,而相对于绝对相位方向梯度直方图(HAPCG)算法与辐射不变特征变换(RIFT)算法,本文算法具有更高的匹配成功率以及更低的匹配用时。

高分辨率SAR图像道路提取综述

在遥感领域,SAR(Synthetic Aperture Radar,SAR)图像道路提取具有很高的研究意义和应用价值,特别是随着SAR成像技术的不断发展、SAR图像分辨率的逐步提高,该课题的研究更加备受关注。然而,从目前的情况看,高分辨率SAR图像的道路提取研究还不够完善,许多低分辨率SAR图像的道路提取方法在处理高分辨图像时并不适用,因此文中归纳总结了高分辨率SAR图像道路提取的一般流程,列举了一些具体的方法,同时有针对性地分析其优缺点和适用范围,指出该研究课题目前存在的主要问题,并展望其发展趋势。

SAR图像匹配算法及实现

合成孔径雷达(SAP)图像的匹配处理是SAR图像后处理及应用的重要环节。本文提出了一种基于图像特征的匹配实现方法。针对两幅SAR图像,该方法先进行边缘检测和区域轮廓提取以及区域特征描述,然后基于图像区域不变矩来实现图像的自动匹配。利用真实SAR图像进行了试验,获得很好的试验结果。

SAR图像边缘检测方法综述

边缘检测是SAR图像解译的基本问题之一。固有的乘性噪声特性使得经典的梯度边缘检测方法并不适用于SAR图像,因此研究针对SAR图像的边缘检测方法具有重要的意义。本文对SAR图像边缘检测问题进行了系统的研究,简单描述了SAR图像边缘检测问题,讨论了现有的SAR图像边缘检测方法,总结了SAR图像边缘检测中存在的两个问题——边缘细化和边缘定位,对检测结果的性能评估方法也进行了概括。最后在总结现有研究成果的基础上展望了SAR图像边缘检测的发展方向。

一种基于图像分割和归一化灰度Hough变换的SAR图像舰船尾迹CFAR检测算法

该文提出了一种新的SAR图像舰船尾迹的恒虚警检测算法。该方法首先检测出舰船并将舰船部分用图像灰度均值代替;分别以舰船重心为中心分割出一定尾迹长度的正方形区域并以舰船重心为中心将图像分割成4个子图像,对各子图像进行归一化灰度Hough变换,分割后的尾迹在子图像中的对比度得到了提高。在各子图像变换域依概率模型进行统计建模实现了CFAR检测,最后将4个子图像的检测结果进行融合得到最终的检测结果。检测结果更好地提取出了尾迹,并且实现了尾迹的CFAR检测。仿真结果验证了算法的有效性。

复杂SAR场景中机场跑道的提取

本文提出了一种从大幅SAR场景图像中提取机场跑道的方法。跑道是机场的最明显的特征,在图像上可抽象为相隔一定距离,具有一定长度的平行线对。算法首先检测图像边缘,然后连接成线段,从中搜索平行线对,最后进行验证。算法的特点在于连接线段时,通过将图像域中的线段转化成极坐标中的点,将线段连接问题转化为点的聚类问题,并利用贝叶斯估计原理构造相似性测度准则函数,利用区域生长聚类方法将断裂的但属于同一条直线的点聚集起来。实验结果表明,该算法能够从大幅SAR图像中提取机场跑道,具有重要的实际应用价值。

基于二进小波变换的SAR图像湖岸线提取

本文阐述了一种基于二进小波变换的从SAR图像中提取湖岸线的方法。该方法首先利用边缘和 噪声的奇异性在二进小波变换中随尺度变化具有不同的传播规律来检测边缘点,然后利用基于梯度矢量流 的主动轮廓模型进行边缘点的连接。实验结果证明,这种方法可以有效的消除SAR图像中存在的斑点噪声 对边缘提取的影响,准确的提取湖岸线。

基于图像分割的SAR图像匹配方法

针对单一背景的海岛合成孔径雷达(SAR)图像,提出一种基于图像分割的图像匹配方法.该方法采用静态小波对原实时图分解滤波,抑制噪声;利用最大类间方差阈值法分割图像,分割出特定目标;选择结构元素进行形态腐蚀和膨胀,去掉细小背景杂波干扰;对二值化的图像进行面积统计,搜索出面积最大的目标.在原实时图中,以最大面积目标的外切矩形裁剪图像作为新的实时图.实践证明,利用裁剪的新实时图进行匹配,可以有效去除背景对匹配的不利影响,弥补了传统方法匹配精度低、实时性差的缺点.

基于局部混合滤波的SAR图像边缘检测

该文结合基于非下采样方向滤波-双树复小波变换(NonSubsampled Direction Filter Bank-Dual-TreeComplex Wavelet Transform,NSDFB-DTCWT)的局部混合滤波算法和Dempster-Shafet(DS)证据理论提出一种基于局部混合滤波的SAR图像边缘检测算法。该算法首先对SAR图像进行局部混合滤波,然后对不同尺度滤波图像使用指数加权均值比(Ratio Of Exponentially Weighted Averages,ROEWA)算子检测边缘的强度,再使用Canny算子检测边缘的方向,从而得到SAR图像各尺度上的边缘,最后使用DS证据理论融合各尺度的边缘形成原始SAR图像的边缘。实验结果表明:该文所提出的算法具有很好的边缘检测效果,检测到的SAR图像的边缘定位准确和完整,且伪边缘较少。

基于边缘检测的SAR图像平行线特征提取算法

针对传统平行线定义的局限性,本文提出了一种平行线对模型,并以该模型为核心,设计了一种基于边缘检测的SAR(Synthetic Aperture Radar,SAR)图像平行线特征提取算法。在图像经过滤波预处理后,首先采用具有恒虚警特性的ROEWA(Ratio of Exponentially Weighted Averages,ROEWA)算子得到边缘检测图,再利用提出的平行线基元提取算法进行检测,最后基于启发式连接的思想连接断点。实验结果表明,该算法能有效地提取SAR图像中的平行线性结构,可以进一步应用于道路网、机场跑道、河流等大型组合线性目标的自动识别中。

基于KFCM和改进CV模型的海面溢油SAR图像分割

图像分割是合成孔径雷达(synthetic aperture radar,SAR)图像海面溢油检测的关键步骤之一,将核模糊C均值(kernel fuzzy C-means,KFCM)聚类方法及Chan-Vese(CV)模型应用于海面溢油SAR图像分割,为了解决单一KFCM方法分割精度不够高,及传统CV模型对初始条件敏感和收敛速度低的问题,提出了一种基于KFCM和改进CV模型的海面溢油SAR图像分割方法。首先利用KFCM算法将海面溢油SAR图像从原始样本空间映射到高维特征空间,得到聚类结果;然后将其作为CV模型的初始条件,以降低CV模型对初始条件的敏感性,并利用图像边缘强度取代传统CV模型中的Dirac函数,以提高模型的收敛速度和对不同SAR图像的适应性。大量实验结果表明,所提出的基于KFCM和改进CV模型的海面溢油SAR图像分割方法具有分割精度高、运算速度快的优点。