This paper presents a new phase unwrapping algorithm based on the unscented Kalman filter(UKF) for synthetic aperture radar(SAR) interferometry.This method is the result of combining an UKF with path-following str...This paper presents a new phase unwrapping algorithm based on the unscented Kalman filter(UKF) for synthetic aperture radar(SAR) interferometry.This method is the result of combining an UKF with path-following strategy and an omni-directional local phase slope estimator.This technique performs simultaneously noise filtering and phase unwrapping along the high-quality region to the low-quality region,which is also able to avoid going directly through the noisy regions.In addition,phase slope is estimated directly from the sample frequency spectrum of the complex interferogram,by which the underestimation of phase slope is overcome.Simulation and real data processing results validate the effectiveness of the proposed method,and show a significant improvement with respect to the extended Kalman filtering(EKF) algorithm and some conventional phase unwrapping algorithms in some situations.展开更多
The generation of high-resolution DEM from interferometric SAR has resulted in the need for accurate and efficient methods of 2-dimensional phase unwrapping. In this paper, we give a brief description of the mathemati...The generation of high-resolution DEM from interferometric SAR has resulted in the need for accurate and efficient methods of 2-dimensional phase unwrapping. In this paper, we give a brief description of the mathematical base of phase unwrapping, and a detailed description of the unweighted and weighted least square phase unwrapping algorithm.Then our algorithm combining with the weighted least square phase unwrapping guided by the branch-cuts derived from Goldstein’ s algorithm and coherence coefficient map derived from the INSAR data is provided. In our experiment we write subroutines of the Goldstein’s branch-cut algorithm,unweighted and weighted least square phase unwrapping algorithm as well as our algorithm,and construct a small experiment system to resolve the phase unwrapping problem. Finally we test our algorithm on some INSAR data. The result shows that our approach can obtain unwrapped phase correctly and efficiently.展开更多
This paper presents an enhanced multi-baseline phase unwrapping algorithm by combining an unscented Kalman filter with an enhanced joint phase gradient estimator based on the amended matrix pencil model, and an optima...This paper presents an enhanced multi-baseline phase unwrapping algorithm by combining an unscented Kalman filter with an enhanced joint phase gradient estimator based on the amended matrix pencil model, and an optimal path-following strategy based on phase quality estimate function. The enhanced joint phase gradient estimator can accurately and effectively extract the phase gradient information of wrapped pixels from noisy interferograms, which greatly increases the performances of the proposed method. The optimal path-following strategy ensures that the proposed algorithm simultaneously performs noise suppression and phase unwrapping along the pixels with high-reliance to the pixels with low-reliance. Accordingly, the proposed algorithm can be predicted to obtain better results, with respect to some other algorithms, as will be demonstrated by the results obtained from synthetic data.展开更多
Fringe projection technique is a non-contact, full field 3-D shape measurement method. The object depth information is recorded in one or several deformed fringe patterns. The phase-shifting algorithm or the Fourier t...Fringe projection technique is a non-contact, full field 3-D shape measurement method. The object depth information is recorded in one or several deformed fringe patterns. The phase-shifting algorithm or the Fourier transform method can be used to extract the wrapped phase data. A phase unwrapping process is then applied to retrieve a continuous phase distribution, which represents the surface profile of the test object. In this paper, a quality-guided phase unwrapping approach is incorporated and two novel phase quality evaluation methods are proposed to facilitate the phase unwrapping process.展开更多
This paper proposes a new multi-baseline extended particle filtering phase unwrapping algorithm which combines an extended particle filter with an amended matrix pencil model and a quantized path-following strategy. T...This paper proposes a new multi-baseline extended particle filtering phase unwrapping algorithm which combines an extended particle filter with an amended matrix pencil model and a quantized path-following strategy. The contributions to multibaseline synthetic aperture radar(SAR) interferometry are as follows: a new recursive multi-baseline phase unwrapping model based on an extended particle filter is built, and the amended matrix pencil model is used to acquire phase gradient information with a higher precision and lower computational cost, and the quantized path-following strategy is introduced to guide the proposed phase unwrapping procedure to efficiently unwrap wrapped phase image along the paths routed by a phase derivative variance map.展开更多
In phase unwrapping, how to control the residues and cut lines is critical to unwrap ill-state wrapped phase map successfully. Some new concepts in phase unwrapping field are proposed. Firstly, the residues in three t...In phase unwrapping, how to control the residues and cut lines is critical to unwrap ill-state wrapped phase map successfully. Some new concepts in phase unwrapping field are proposed. Firstly, the residues in three types, i.e., singular residues, normal residues and virtual residues, are classified, which leads to some rational unwrapping paths. Secondly, some differences between cut-line and curved line are analyzed. And finally, experiment is carried out to compare our new enhanced Goldstein algorithm with the original Goldstein algorithm.展开更多
Phase Unwrapping (PU) is an ill-posed problem in Magnetic Resonance Elastography (MRE). The phase information is not usable until the phases are retrieved by using PU algorithms. In this present study, we attempt to d...Phase Unwrapping (PU) is an ill-posed problem in Magnetic Resonance Elastography (MRE). The phase information is not usable until the phases are retrieved by using PU algorithms. In this present study, we attempt to determine the ideal PU method for MRE using both phantom and volunteer psoas major (PM) muscle images. All the MRE experiments were carried out in Philips MRI (Achieva 3.0 T, Best, The Netherlands). A multi-echo gradient-echo MRE pulse sequence was employed and the four PU methods were considered based on their easy user platform. They are namely, Minimum Discontinuity (MD), Laplacian-Based Estimate (LBE), Region Growing (RG) and Dilate-Erode (DE) Propagate. Phantom images were successfully unwrapped by all four methods, whereas MD and LBE could only unwrap PM muscle images properly. RG and DE failed to unwrap the PM muscle images.展开更多
The de-coherence phenomena such as Low-SNR radar signal, shadows and layover caused by topography, etc. , causing phase data discontinuity, makes the result of unwrapping phase inaccuracy or even completely wrong. Bas...The de-coherence phenomena such as Low-SNR radar signal, shadows and layover caused by topography, etc. , causing phase data discontinuity, makes the result of unwrapping phase inaccuracy or even completely wrong. Based on the analysis of influencing factors to weight choice, this thesis develops a new method to choose the weights based on the measure of the confidence in the frequency domain. Experiments show that it could overcome the defect of sub-estimate to the slope of least squares method very well, which has a better rationale, stability and performance.展开更多
The decorelation phenomena such as Low-SNR radar signal, shadows and layover caused by topography etc, causes phase data discontinuous and makes the result of unwrapping phase inaccurate or completely wrong. Based on ...The decorelation phenomena such as Low-SNR radar signal, shadows and layover caused by topography etc, causes phase data discontinuous and makes the result of unwrapping phase inaccurate or completely wrong. Based on the analysis of influencing factors to the weight selection, this paper develops a new method to choose the weights based on the measurement of confidence in frequency domain. Results show that it is more precise and robust than other methods, and can make up for the defect of sub-estimate to the slope of least squares method.展开更多
为解决包裹相位图中存留的散斑噪声问题,文中提出了一种基于正余弦分解的两分段自适应非局部均值滤波方法。该方法通过两次改进衰减参数的大小和相似性度量的方式实现了算法的自适应化。利用该方法对包裹相位图的正余弦分量去噪,去噪后...为解决包裹相位图中存留的散斑噪声问题,文中提出了一种基于正余弦分解的两分段自适应非局部均值滤波方法。该方法通过两次改进衰减参数的大小和相似性度量的方式实现了算法的自适应化。利用该方法对包裹相位图的正余弦分量去噪,去噪后利用反正切运算获取干净的包裹相位,对该相位进行解包裹运算。实验和仿真结果表明,所提方法既有效去除了包裹相位图中的噪声,也保留了相位图中的边缘信息。相比于分别使用SCA(Sine Cosine Algorithm)方法和BM3D(Block-Matching and 3D filtering)方法,通过所提方法去噪后的图像等效视数(Equivalent Number of Looks,ENL)最大,散斑抑制指数(Speckle Suppression Index,SSI)最小,且均方误差提升了约两倍,说明所提方法有效去除了包裹相位中的噪声,提高了相位解包裹的精度。展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (60772143)
文摘This paper presents a new phase unwrapping algorithm based on the unscented Kalman filter(UKF) for synthetic aperture radar(SAR) interferometry.This method is the result of combining an UKF with path-following strategy and an omni-directional local phase slope estimator.This technique performs simultaneously noise filtering and phase unwrapping along the high-quality region to the low-quality region,which is also able to avoid going directly through the noisy regions.In addition,phase slope is estimated directly from the sample frequency spectrum of the complex interferogram,by which the underestimation of phase slope is overcome.Simulation and real data processing results validate the effectiveness of the proposed method,and show a significant improvement with respect to the extended Kalman filtering(EKF) algorithm and some conventional phase unwrapping algorithms in some situations.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.69782001)
文摘The generation of high-resolution DEM from interferometric SAR has resulted in the need for accurate and efficient methods of 2-dimensional phase unwrapping. In this paper, we give a brief description of the mathematical base of phase unwrapping, and a detailed description of the unweighted and weighted least square phase unwrapping algorithm.Then our algorithm combining with the weighted least square phase unwrapping guided by the branch-cuts derived from Goldstein’ s algorithm and coherence coefficient map derived from the INSAR data is provided. In our experiment we write subroutines of the Goldstein’s branch-cut algorithm,unweighted and weighted least square phase unwrapping algorithm as well as our algorithm,and construct a small experiment system to resolve the phase unwrapping problem. Finally we test our algorithm on some INSAR data. The result shows that our approach can obtain unwrapped phase correctly and efficiently.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(4120147961261033+2 种基金61461011)the Guangxi Natural Science Foundation(2014GXNSFBA118273)the Dean Project of Guangxi Key Laboratory of Wireless Broadband Communication and Signal Processing(GXKL061503)
文摘This paper presents an enhanced multi-baseline phase unwrapping algorithm by combining an unscented Kalman filter with an enhanced joint phase gradient estimator based on the amended matrix pencil model, and an optimal path-following strategy based on phase quality estimate function. The enhanced joint phase gradient estimator can accurately and effectively extract the phase gradient information of wrapped pixels from noisy interferograms, which greatly increases the performances of the proposed method. The optimal path-following strategy ensures that the proposed algorithm simultaneously performs noise suppression and phase unwrapping along the pixels with high-reliance to the pixels with low-reliance. Accordingly, the proposed algorithm can be predicted to obtain better results, with respect to some other algorithms, as will be demonstrated by the results obtained from synthetic data.
文摘Fringe projection technique is a non-contact, full field 3-D shape measurement method. The object depth information is recorded in one or several deformed fringe patterns. The phase-shifting algorithm or the Fourier transform method can be used to extract the wrapped phase data. A phase unwrapping process is then applied to retrieve a continuous phase distribution, which represents the surface profile of the test object. In this paper, a quality-guided phase unwrapping approach is incorporated and two novel phase quality evaluation methods are proposed to facilitate the phase unwrapping process.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(4166109261461011)the Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi Province(2014GXNSFBA118273)
文摘This paper proposes a new multi-baseline extended particle filtering phase unwrapping algorithm which combines an extended particle filter with an amended matrix pencil model and a quantized path-following strategy. The contributions to multibaseline synthetic aperture radar(SAR) interferometry are as follows: a new recursive multi-baseline phase unwrapping model based on an extended particle filter is built, and the amended matrix pencil model is used to acquire phase gradient information with a higher precision and lower computational cost, and the quantized path-following strategy is introduced to guide the proposed phase unwrapping procedure to efficiently unwrap wrapped phase image along the paths routed by a phase derivative variance map.
文摘In phase unwrapping, how to control the residues and cut lines is critical to unwrap ill-state wrapped phase map successfully. Some new concepts in phase unwrapping field are proposed. Firstly, the residues in three types, i.e., singular residues, normal residues and virtual residues, are classified, which leads to some rational unwrapping paths. Secondly, some differences between cut-line and curved line are analyzed. And finally, experiment is carried out to compare our new enhanced Goldstein algorithm with the original Goldstein algorithm.
文摘Phase Unwrapping (PU) is an ill-posed problem in Magnetic Resonance Elastography (MRE). The phase information is not usable until the phases are retrieved by using PU algorithms. In this present study, we attempt to determine the ideal PU method for MRE using both phantom and volunteer psoas major (PM) muscle images. All the MRE experiments were carried out in Philips MRI (Achieva 3.0 T, Best, The Netherlands). A multi-echo gradient-echo MRE pulse sequence was employed and the four PU methods were considered based on their easy user platform. They are namely, Minimum Discontinuity (MD), Laplacian-Based Estimate (LBE), Region Growing (RG) and Dilate-Erode (DE) Propagate. Phantom images were successfully unwrapped by all four methods, whereas MD and LBE could only unwrap PM muscle images properly. RG and DE failed to unwrap the PM muscle images.
基金Acknowledgments The research is supported by the National Science Foundation of China (40874001) and National 863 plans projects of China (2009AA12Z147). The authors would like to express thanks to ESA (European Space Agency) for providing ENVISAT satellite data.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Fundation of China(40874001)Key Laboratory of Surveying and Mapping Technology on Island and Reef,National Administration of Surveying,Mapping and Geoinformation(2010A01)
文摘The de-coherence phenomena such as Low-SNR radar signal, shadows and layover caused by topography, etc. , causing phase data discontinuity, makes the result of unwrapping phase inaccuracy or even completely wrong. Based on the analysis of influencing factors to weight choice, this thesis develops a new method to choose the weights based on the measure of the confidence in the frequency domain. Experiments show that it could overcome the defect of sub-estimate to the slope of least squares method very well, which has a better rationale, stability and performance.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation(40874001)Key Laboratory of Surveying and Mapping Technology on Island and Reef,State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping(2010A01)
文摘The decorelation phenomena such as Low-SNR radar signal, shadows and layover caused by topography etc, causes phase data discontinuous and makes the result of unwrapping phase inaccurate or completely wrong. Based on the analysis of influencing factors to the weight selection, this paper develops a new method to choose the weights based on the measurement of confidence in frequency domain. Results show that it is more precise and robust than other methods, and can make up for the defect of sub-estimate to the slope of least squares method.
文摘为解决包裹相位图中存留的散斑噪声问题,文中提出了一种基于正余弦分解的两分段自适应非局部均值滤波方法。该方法通过两次改进衰减参数的大小和相似性度量的方式实现了算法的自适应化。利用该方法对包裹相位图的正余弦分量去噪,去噪后利用反正切运算获取干净的包裹相位,对该相位进行解包裹运算。实验和仿真结果表明,所提方法既有效去除了包裹相位图中的噪声,也保留了相位图中的边缘信息。相比于分别使用SCA(Sine Cosine Algorithm)方法和BM3D(Block-Matching and 3D filtering)方法,通过所提方法去噪后的图像等效视数(Equivalent Number of Looks,ENL)最大,散斑抑制指数(Speckle Suppression Index,SSI)最小,且均方误差提升了约两倍,说明所提方法有效去除了包裹相位中的噪声,提高了相位解包裹的精度。