Advanced search
Publication Cover
Remote Sensing Letters Volume 7, 2016 - Issue 2
Submit an article Journal homepage
332
Views
12
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

Assessment of SAR speckle filters in the context of object-based image analysis

N. S. MorandeiraInstituto de Investigación e Ingeniería Ambiental, Universidad Nacional de San Martín, San Martín, Argentina;Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas (CONICET), San Martín, ArgentinaView further author information
,
R. GrimsonConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas (CONICET), San Martín, Argentina;Escuela de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad Nacional de San Martín, San Martín, ArgentinaCorrespondence[email protected]
View further author information
&
P. KandusInstituto de Investigación e Ingeniería Ambiental, Universidad Nacional de San Martín, San Martín, ArgentinaView further author information
Pages 150-159 | Received 11 Aug 2015, Accepted 26 Oct 2015, Published online: 02 Dec 2015

References

  • Blaschke, T., G. J. Hay, M. Kelly, S. Lang, P. Hofmann, E. Addink, R. Q. Feitosa, et al.. 2014. “Geographic Object-Based Image Analysis: Towards a New Paradigm.” ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 87: 180–191. doi:10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2013.09.014.
  • Buades, A., B. Coll, and J.-M. Morel. 2005. “A Non-Local Algorithm for Image Denoising.” In Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, IEEE Computer Society. CVPR 2005. vols 2, 60–65. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE. doi:10.1109/CVPR.2005.38.
  • Campo-Becerra, G. D., J. I. Yañez-Vargas, and J. A. López-Ruì. 2014. “Texture Analysis of Mean Shift Segmented Low-Resolution Speckle-Corrupted Fractional SAR Imagery through Neural Network Classification.” In Progress in Pattern Recognition, Image Analysis, Computer Vision, and Applications, 998–1005. Basel: Springer.
  • Cohen, J. 1960. “A Coefficient of Agreement for Nominal Scales.” Educational and Psychological Measurement 20 (1): 37–46. doi:10.1177/001316446002000104.
  • Comaniciu, D., and P. Meer. 2002. “Mean Shift: A Robust Approach toward Feature Space Analysis.” IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence 24 (5): 603–619. doi:10.1109/34.1000236.
  • Deledalle, C.-A., L. Denis, F. Tupin, A. Reigber, and M. Jäger. 2015. “NL-SAR: A Unified Nonlocal Framework for Resolution-Preserving (Pol)(In)SAR Denoising.” IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 53 (4): 2021–2038. doi:10.1109/TGRS.2014.2352555.
  • Demers, A.-M., S. N. Banks, J. Pasher, J. Duffe, and S. Laforest. 2015. “A Comparative Analysis of Object-Based and Pixel-Based Classification of RADARSAT-2 C–Band and Optical Satellite Data for Mapping Shoreline Types in the Canadian Arctic.” Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing 41 (1): 1–19. doi:10.1080/07038992.2015.1020361.
  • Dey, V., Y. Zhang, and M. Zhong. 2010. “A Review on Image Segmentation Techniques with Remote Sensing Perspective.” In ISPRS TC VII Symposium - 100 Years ISPRS, eds. W. Wagner, and B. Székely. Vol. XXXVIII. Vienna, Austria: IAPRS.
  • Evans, T. L., and M. Costa. 2013. “Landcover Classification of the Lower Nhecolândia Subregion of the Brazilian Pantanal Wetlands Using ALOS/PALSAR, RADARSAT-2 and ENVISAT/ASAR Imagery.” Remote Sensing of Environment 128: 118–137. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2012.09.022.
  • Grimson, R., N. S. Morandeira, and A. Frery. 2015, July. “Comparison of Nonlocal Means Despeckling based on Stochastic Measures.” Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2015 IEEE International, IGARSS 2015. vols 103091–3094. Milan, Italy. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE. doi:10.1109/IGARSS.2015.7326470.
  • Inglada, J., and E. Christophe. 2009. “The Orfeo Toolbox Remote Sensing Image Processing Software.” In Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2009 IEEE International, IGARSS 2009. vols 4, 733–736. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE. doi:10.1109/IGARSS.2009.5417481.
  • Jarabo-Amores, P., M. Rosa-Zurera, D. De La Mata-Moya, R. Vicen-Bueno, and S. Maldonado-Bascon. 2011. “Spatial-Range Mean-Shift Filtering and Segmentation Applied to SAR Images.” IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement 60 (2): 584–597. doi:10.1109/TIM.2010.2052478.
  • Lee, J. S., and E. Pottier. 2009. Polarimetric Radar Imaging: From Basics to Applications. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
  • Liu, D., and F. Xia. 2010. “Assessing Object-Based Classification: Advantages and Limitations.” Remote Sensing Letters 1 (4): 187–194. doi:10.1080/01431161003743173.
  • Möller, M., L. Lymburner, and M. Volk. 2007. “The Comparison Index: A Tool for Assessing the Accuracy of Image Segmentation.” International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 9 (3): 311–321. doi:10.1016/j.jag.2006.10.002.
  • Senthilnath, J., H. V. Shenoy, R. Rajendra, S. N. Omkar, V. Mani, and P. G. Diwakar. 2013. “Integration of Speckle De-Noising and Image Segmentation Using Synthetic Aperture Radar Image for Flood Extent Extraction.” Journal of Earth System Science 122 (3): 559–572. doi:10.1007/s12040-013-0305-z.
  • Silva, T. S. F., M. Costa, and J. M. Melack. 2010. “Spatial and Temporal Variability of Macrophyte Cover and Productivity in the Eastern Amazon Floodplain: A Remote Sensing Approach.” Remote Sensing of Environment 114 (9): 1998–2010. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2010.04.007.
  • Torres, L., S. J. S. Sant’Anna, C. Da Costa Freitas, and A. C. Frery. 2014. “Speckle Reduction in Polarimetric SAR Imagery with Stochastic Distances and Nonlocal Means.” Pattern Recognition 47 (1): 141–157. doi:10.1016/j.patcog.2013.04.001.
  • Unnikrishnan, R., C. Pantofaru, and M. Hebert. 2007. ‘Toward Objective Evaluation of Image Segmentation Algorithms.’ IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence 29 (6): 929–944. doi:10.1109/TPAMI.2007.1046.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.