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We propose a new method for PolSAR (Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar) imagery classification based on stochastic distances in the space of random matrices obeying complex Wishart distributions. Given a collection of prototypes…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2016-02-17 Luis Gomez , Luis Alvarez , Luis Mazorra , Alejandro C. Frery

Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images contain a huge amount of information, however, the number of practical use-cases is limited due to the presence of speckle noise in them. In recent years, deep learning based techniques have brought…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-24 Shrey Dabhi , Kartavya Soni , Utkarsh Patel , Priyanka Sharma , Manojkumar Parmar

Spectro-polarimetric imaging provides multidimensional optical information acquisition capabilities, offering significant potential for diverse applications. Current spectro-polarimetric imaging systems typically suffer from large physical…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-18 Jingyue Ma , Zhenming Yu , Zhengyang Li , Liang Lin , Liming Cheng , Jiayu Di , Tongshuo Zhang , Ning Zhan , Kun Xu

We have developed a nonlocal algorithm for estimating polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (PolSAR) covariance matrices on single-look complex (SLC) format resolution. The algorithm is inspired by recent work with guided nonlocal means…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-02-16 Jørgen A. Agersborg , Stian Normann Anfinsen , Jane Uhd Jepsen

In the problem of spotlight mode airborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image formation, it is well-known that data collected over a wide azimuthal angle violate the isotropic scattering property typically assumed. Many techniques have…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-04-12 Victor Churchill , Anne Gelb

This paper studies spatial smoothing using sparse arrays in single-snapshot Direction of Arrival (DOA) estimation. We consider the application of automotive MIMO radar, which traditionally synthesizes a large uniform virtual array by…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-15 Yinyan Bu , Robin Rajamäki , Pulak Sarangi , Piya Pal

Through-wall synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging is of significant interest for security purposes, in particular when using multi-static SAR systems consisting of multiple distributed radar transmitters and receivers to improve…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-10-30 Francis Watson , Daniel Andre , William Robert Breckon Lionheart

The log-ratio (LR) operator has been widely employed to generate the difference image for synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image change detection. However, the difference image generated by this pixel-wise operator can be subject to SAR…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-02-19 Rongfang Wang , Jia-Wei Chen , Yule Wang , Licheng Jiao , Mi Wang

Speckle is a multiplicative noise which affects all coherent imaging modalities including Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images. The presence of speckle degrades the image quality and adversely affects the performance of SAR image…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-06-21 Malsha V. Perera , Nithin Gopalakrishnan Nair , Wele Gedara Chaminda Bandara , Vishal M. Patel

In this article, we introduce a novel algorithm for efficient near-field synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging for irregular scanning geometries. With the emergence of fifth-generation (5G) millimeter-wave (mmWave) devices, near-field SAR…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-05-04 Josiah Smith , Murat Torlak

Polarization cameras can capture multiple polarized images with different polarizer angles in a single shot, bringing convenience to polarization-based downstream tasks. However, their direct outputs are color-polarization filter array…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-04-23 Shuangfan Zhou , Chu Zhou , Youwei Lyu , Heng Guo , Zhanyu Ma , Boxin Shi , Imari Sato

In this paper we outline a new approach to the analysis of polarimetric synthetic aperture (POLSAR) data. Here we exploit target orthogonality as a multi-dimensional extension of wave orthogonality, familiar on the Poincar\'e sphere. We…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2021-09-21 Shane R. Cloude , Ashlin Richardson

Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) can measure the phase with antenna and microwave, which cannot be directly extended to visible light imaging due to phase lost. In this letter, we reported an active remote sensing with visible light via…

Optics · Physics 2022-04-26 Meng Xiang , An Pan , Yiyi Zhao , Xuewu Fan , Hui Zhao , Chuang Li , Baoli Yao

Images obtained with coherent illumination, as is the case of sonar, ultrasound-B, laser and Synthetic Aperture Radar -- SAR, are affected by speckle noise which reduces the ability to extract information from the data. Specialized…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2012-07-13 Abraão D. C. Nascimento , Renato J. Cintra , Alejandro C. Frery

Data and data sources have become increasingly essential in recent decades. Scientists and researchers require more data to deploy AI approaches as the field continues to improve. In recent years, the rapid technological advancements have…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-08-26 Necmettin Bayar , W. T Al-Shaibani , Ibraheem Shayea , Abdulkader Taha , Azizul Azizan

In this paper we are proposing classification algorithm for multifrequency Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar (PolSAR) image. Using PolSAR decomposition algorithms 33 features are extracted from each frequency band of the given image.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-11-07 Tushar Gadhiya , Sumanth Tangirala , Anil K. Roy

This paper is concerned with polarimetric dense map reconstruction based on a polarization camera with the help of relative depth information as a prior. In general, polarization imaging is able to reveal information about surface normal…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-02-11 Moein Shakeri , Shing Yan Loo , Hong Zhang

The joint interpretation of very high resolution SAR and optical images in dense urban area are not trivial due to the distinct imaging geometry of the two types of images. Especially, the inevitable layover caused by the side-looking SAR…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-01-24 Yuanyuan Wang , Xiao Xiang Zhu

Polarimetric imaging is one of the most effective techniques for high-contrast imaging and characterization of circumstellar environments. These environments can be characterized through direct-imaging polarimetry at near-infrared…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-29 Laurence Denneulin , Maud Langlois , Éric Thiébaut , Nelly Pustelnik

New generation of radio interferometers are envisaged to produce high quality, high dynamic range Stokes images of the observed sky from the corresponding under-sampled Fourier domain measurements. In practice, these measurements are…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-08 Jasleen Birdi , Audrey Repetti , Yves Wiaux