Training neural networks on artificially generated data: a novel approach to SAR speckle removal

References

• Achim , A. , Tsakalides , P. and Bezerianos , A. 2003 . SAR image denoising via Bayesian wavelet shrinkage based on heavy-tailed modeling . IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing , 41 : 1773 – 2404 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• April , G.V. and Harvey , E.R. 1991 . Speckle statistics in four-look synthetic aperture radar imagery . Optical Engineering , 30 : 375 – 381 .
   Google Scholar
• Argenti , F. and Alparone , L. 2002 . Speckle removal from SAR images in the undecimated wavelet domain . IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing , 40 : 2363 – 2374 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bhuiyan , M.I.H. , Ahmad , M.O. and Swamy , M.N.S. 2007 . Spatially adaptive wavelet-based method using the cauchy prior for denoising the SAR images . IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology , 17 : 500 – 507 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bishop , C.M. 1997 . Neural Networks for Pattern Recognition , Oxford : Clarendon Press .
   Google Scholar
• Borghys , D. , Yvinec , Y. , Perneel , C. , Pizurica , A. and Philips , W. 2006 . Supervised feature-based classification of multi-channel SAR images . Pattern Recognition Letters , 27 : 252 – 258 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dai , M. , Peng , C. , Chan , A.K. and Loguinov , D. 2004 . Bayesian wavelet shrinkage with edge detection for SAR image despeckling . IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing , 42 : 1642 – 1648 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dong , Y. , Milne , A.K. and Forster , B.C. 2001 . Toward edge sharpening: A SAR speckle filtering algorithm . IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing , 39 : 851 – 863 .
   Google Scholar
• Fausett , L. 1994 . Fundamentals of Neural Networks: Architectures, Algorithms and Applications , Englewood Cliffs, NJ : Prentice Hall .
   Google Scholar
• Foucher , S. , Benie , G.B. and Boucher , J.-M. 2001 . Multiscale MAP filtering of SAR images . IEEE Transactions on Image Processing , 10 : 49 – 60 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Frost , V.S. , Stiles , J.A. , Shanmugan , K.S. and Holtzman , J.C. 1982 . A model for radar images and its application to adaptive filtering of multiplicative noise . IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence , PAMI-4 : 157 – 166 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gleich , D. and Datcu , M. 2007 . Wavelet-based despeckling of SAR images using Gauss–Markov random fields . IEEE Transactions on Geosciences and Remote Sensing , 45 : 4127 – 4143 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gonzales , C. and Woods , R.E. 2002 . Digital Image Processing , Englewood Cliffs, NJ : Prentice Hall .
   Google Scholar
• Hawwar , Y. and Reza , A. 2002 . Spatially adaptive multiplicative noise image denoising technique . IEEE Transactions on Image Processing , 11 : 1397 – 1404 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Haykin , S. 1999 . Neural Networks: A Comprehensive Foundation , Englewood Cliffs, NJ : Prentice Hall .
   Google Scholar
• Hoekman , D.H. 1991 . Speckle ensemble statistics of logarithmically scaled data . IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing , 29 : 180 – 182 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kuan , D.T. , Sawchuk , A.A. and Chavel , P. 1985 . Adaptive noise smoothing filter for images with signal-dependent noise . IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence , PAMI-7 : 165 – 177 .
   Google Scholar
• Kuttikkad , S. and Chellappa , R. 2000 . Statistical modeling and analysis of high-resolution synthetic aperture radar images . Statistical Computation , 10 : 133 – 145 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lee , J.S. 1981 . Refined filtering of image noise using local statistics . Computational Graphics and Image Processing , 15 : 380 – 389 .
   Google Scholar
• Lee , J.S. 1986 . Speckle suppression and analysis for synthetic aperture radar images . Optical Engineering , 25 : 636 – 643 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lopes , A. , Nezry , E. , Touzi , R. and Laur , H. Maximum a posteriori speckle filtering and first order texture in SAR images . Proceedings of the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, (IGARSS’90), Ref IEEE90CH2825-8 . 20–24 May 1990 , Washington, DC,, USA. pp. 2409 – 2412 .
   Google Scholar
• Lopes , A. , Touzi , R. and Nezry , E. 1990b . Adaptive speckle filters and scene heterogeneity . IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing , 28 : 992 – 1000 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mansourpour, M., Rajabi, M.A. and Blais, J.A.R., 2006, Effects and performance of speckle noise reduction filters on active radar and SAR images. In WG I/5 & I/6 Workshop on Topographic Mapping from Space, Ankara, Turkey, 14–16 February 2006 (ISPRS Archives: ISPRS). http://www.isprs.org/proceedings/XXXVI/1-W41/makaleler/Rajabi_Specle_Noise.pdf (http://www.isprs.org/proceedings/XXXVI/1-W41/makaleler/Rajabi_Specle_Noise.pdf) (Accessed: 17 September 2007 ).
   Google Scholar
• Meyer , F. , Hinz , S. , Muller , R. , Palubinskas , G. , Laux , C. and Runge , H. 2007 . Towards traffic monitoring with TerraSAR-X . Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing , 33 : 39 – 51 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Nasrabadi , N. , Tates , M. and Kwon , H. 2007 . Change detection methods for identification of mines in synthetic aperture radar imagery . Journal of Applied Remote Sensing , 1 : 15
   Google Scholar
• Pizurica , A. , Philips , W. , Lemahieu , I. and Acheroy , M. Despeckling SAR images using wavelets and a new class of adaptive shrinkage estimators . Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Image Processing ICIP . 7–10 October 2001 2001 , Thessaloniki, Greece. pp. 233 – 236 . New York : IEEE .
   Google Scholar
• Pizurica , A. , Jovanov , L.J. , Huysmans , B. , Zlokolica , V. , De Keyser , P. , Dhaenens , F. and Philips , W. 2008 . Multiresolution denoising for optical coherence tomography: a review and evaluation . Current Medical Imaging Reviews , 4 : 269 – 284 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sattar , F. , Floreby , L. , Salomonsson , G. and Lovstrom , B. 1997 . Image enhancement based on a nonlinear multiscale method . IEEE Transactions on Image processing , 6 : 888 – 895 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Touzi , R. 2002 . A review of speckle filtering in the context of estimation theory . IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing , 40 : 2392 – 2404 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tsantis , S. , Dimitropoulos , N. , Ioannidou , M. , Cavouras , D. and Nikiforidis , G. 2007 . Inter-scale wavelet analysis for speckle reduction in thyroid ultrasound images . Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics , 31 : 117 – 127 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ulaby , F.T. , Kouyate , F. , Brisco , B. , Lee and Williams , T.H. 1986 . Textural information in SAR images . IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing , 24 : 235 – 245 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Westra, T., Crabbe, S. and De Wulf, R., 2007, Study of ecosystem dynamics in Sahelian floodplains using Envisat ASAR C-band data. In Proceedings of the ‘Envisat Symposium 2007’, 23–27 April 2007, Montreux, Switzerland (ESTEC, Noordwijk, the Netherlands: ESA). http://envisat.esa.int/envisatsymposium/proceedings/sessions/4D3/457563we.pdf (http://envisat.esa.int/envisatsymposium/proceedings/sessions/4D3/457563we.pdf) (Accessed: 13 January 2008 ).
   Google Scholar
• Xie , H. , Pierce , L.E. and Ulaby , F.T. 2002a . SAR Speckle reduction using wavelet denoising and Markov random field modeling . IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing , 40 : 2196 – 2212 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Xie , H. , Pierce , L.E. and Ulaby , F.T. 2002b . Statistical properties of logarithmically transformed speckle . IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing , 40 : 721 – 727 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar