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In order to analyse synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images of the sea surface, ship wake detection is essential for extracting information on the wake generating vessels. One possibility is to assume a linear model for wakes, in which case…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-13 Oktay Karakuş , Igor Rizaev , Alin Achim

A new fangled method for ship wake detection in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images is explored here. Most of the detection procedure applies the Radon transform as its properties outfit more than any other transformation for the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2009-11-04 M. Krishnaveni , Suresh Kumar Thakur , P. Subashini

The analysis of ocean surface is widely performed using synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery as it yields information for wide areas under challenging weather conditions, during day or night, etc. Speckle noise constitutes however the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-12-15 Oktay Karakuş , Igor Rizaev , Alin Achim

In this paper, we analyse synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images of the sea surface using an inverse problem formulation whereby Radon domain information is enhanced in order to accurately detect ship wakes. This is achieved by promoting…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-12-15 Wanli Ma , Alin Achim , Oktay Karakuş

We present a novel ship wake simulation system for generating S-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images, and demonstrate the use of such imagery for the classification of ships based on their wake signatures via a deep learning approach.…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-02-07 Kamirul Kamirul , Odysseas Pappas , Igor G. Rizaev , Alin Achim

Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery can provide useful information in a multitude of applications, including climate change, environmental monitoring, meteorology, high dimensional mapping, ship monitoring, or planetary exploration. In…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-08-11 Oktay Karakuş , Alin Achim

Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), with its all-weather and wide-area observation capabilities, serves as a crucial tool for wake detection. However, due to its complex imaging mechanism, wake features in SAR images often appear abstract and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-17 He Gao , Baoxiang Huang , Milena Radenkovic , Borui Li , Ge Chen

The advancement of multi-channel synthetic aperture radar (SAR) system is considered as an upgraded technology for surveillance activities. SAR sensors onboard provide data for coastal ocean surveillance and a view of the oceanic surface…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-04-25 Surya Prakash Tiwari , Sudhir Kumar Chaturvedi , Subhrangshu Adhikary , Saikat Banerjee , Sourav Basu

Among other remote sensing technologies, synthetic aperture radar (SAR) has become firmly established in the practice of oceanographic research. Despite solid experience in this field, comprehensive knowledge and interpretation of ocean/sea…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2022-01-26 Igor G. Rizaev , Oktay Karakus , S. John Hogan , Alin Achim

Detecting ships in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images is challenging due to strong speckle noise, complex surroundings, and varying scales. This paper proposes MLDet, a multitask learning framework for SAR ship detection, consisting of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-11-22 Ming Zhao , Xin Zhang , André Kaup

With the rapid advancement of deep learning, synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery has become a key modality for ship detection. However, robust performance remains challenging in complex scenes, where clutter and speckle noise can induce…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-02 Xiaojing Zhao , Shiyang Li , Zena Chu , Ying Zhang , Peinan Hao , Tianzi Yan , Jiajia Chen , Huicong Ning

In this paper, an optimization model using Cauchy regularization is proposed for simultaneous SAR image reconstruction and autofocusing. A coordinate descent framework in which the desired image and the phase errors are optimized…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-12-18 Zi-Yao Zhang , Odysseas Pappas , Alin Achim

This letter presents an effective method for assessing the feasibility of detecting ocean ships using spaceborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR). The technique employs the minimum detectable radar cross-section criterion under specified…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-18 Anatolii Kononov

Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging, celebrated for its high resolution, all-weather capability, and day-night operability, is indispensable for maritime applications. However, ship detection in SAR imagery faces significant challenges,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-01-13 Congxia Zhao , Xiongjun Fu , Jian Dong , Shen Cao , Chunyan Zhang

The detection and prevention of illegal fishing is critical to maintaining a healthy and functional ecosystem. Recent research on ship detection in satellite imagery has focused exclusively on performance improvements, disregarding…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-12-13 Arthur Van Meerbeeck , Jordy Van Landeghem , Ruben Cartuyvels , Marie-Francine Moens

Ship detection has been an active and vital topic in the field of remote sensing for a decade, but it is still a challenging problem due to the large scale variations, the high aspect ratios, the intensive arrangement, and the background…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-07-27 Lingyi Liu , Yunpeng Bai , Ying Li

This paper studies a practically meaningful ship detection problem from synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images by the neural network. We broadly extract different types of SAR image features and raise the intriguing question that whether…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-03-30 Yuwen Deng , Donghai Guan , Yanyu Chen , Weiwei Yuan , Jiemin Ji , Mingqiang Wei

DL based Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) ship detection has tremendous advantages in numerous areas. However, it still faces some problems, such as the lack of prior knowledge, which seriously affects detection accuracy. In order to solve…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-19 Han Ke , Xiao Ke , Ye Yan , Rui Liu , Jinpeng Yang , Tianwen Zhang , Xu Zhan , Xiaowo Xu

SAR technology has been intensively implemented for geo-sensing and mapping purposes due to its advantages of high azimuthal resolution and weather-independent operation compared to other remote sensing technologies. Modelling SAR image…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-09 Mutong Li , Ercan Engin Kuruoglu

Small area change detection from synthetic aperture radar (SAR) is a highly challenging task. In this paper, a robust unsupervised approach is proposed for small area change detection from multi-temporal SAR images using deep learning.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-11-24 Xinzheng Zhang , Hang Su , Ce Zhang , Xiaowei Gu , Xiaoheng Tan , Peter M. Atkinson
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