Super-resolution reconstruction of astronomical images using time-scale adaptive normalized convolution

In this work, we describe a new multiframe Super-Resolution (SR) framework based on time-scale adaptive Normalized Convolution (NC), and apply it to astronomical images. The method mainly uses the conceptual basis of NC where each neighborhood of a signal is expressed in terms of the corresponding subspace expanded by the chosen polynomial basis function. Instead of the conventional NC, the introduced spatially adaptive filtering kernel is utilized as the applicability function of shape-adaptive NC, which fits the local image structure information including shape and orientation. This makes it possible to obtain image patches with the same modality, which are collected for polynomial expansion to maximize the signal-to-noise ratio and suppress aliasing artifacts across lines and edges. The robust signal certainty takes the confidence value at each point into account before a local polynomial expansion to minimize the influence of outliers. Finally, the temporal scale applicability is considered to omit accurate motion estimation since it is easy to result in annoying registration errors in real astronomical applications. Excellent SR reconstruction capability of the time-scale adaptive NC is demonstrated through fundamental experiments on both synthetic images and real astronomical images when compared with other SR reconstruction methods.     

基于Gibbs-Markov随机场与连通聚类的SAR图像恢复

在传统的马尔可夫随机场(MRF)的图像建模方法基础上利用合成孔径雷达(SAR)图像的固有特性对Gibbs-MRF模型进行改进复原SAR图像,并进一步提出用数字形态学中连通性理论进行图像分割。在SAR图像像素空间的邻域内,估计最大后验概率(MAP)时引用Gamma分布代替传统的瑞利分布恢复数据,同时利用像素强度值相关性的连通模型将目标较好地提取出来。充分利用了SAR图像的数字形态信息和像素强度之间的相关性,得到了更好的分割效果。仿真实验说明本文方法是有效的。     

基于角点特征的SAR图像与光学图像匹配算法

INS／SAR组合导航系统对SAR实时图像与光学参考图像的匹配算法提出了实时性和准确性要求。文章首先采用一种结合Harries算子与曲率尺度空间的算法,提取SAR图像与光学图像中的角点;然后利用距离约束、角点值约束、边缘约束进行角点匹配。经实验验证,该方法实时性好,匹配精度高,可较好的应用于INS／SAR组合导航系统的...     

失效卫星远距离相对位姿估计与优化方法

针对远距离非合作慢旋目标位姿估计精度问题,提出一种融合图像超分辨与视觉SLAM的相对位姿估计方法。算法主要包含3个步骤：通过梯度引导生成式对抗超分辨技术,提升目标图像的质量以获取更多更高质量的特征点;构建特征数据库实现当前帧与特征数据库的匹配,提升旋转目标的特征跟踪稳定性;利用图优化对多帧图像进行联合位姿优化,消除累计误差,得到更为精确的估计结果。为稳定网络的训练,将自然进化算法引入到对抗训练中。为增强模型的泛化性和鲁棒性,实验中的数据集采用半物理仿真获得。实验结果表明,当等效距离为25 m且失效卫星以25（°）/s的速度旋转时,目标图像经超分辨网络增强后,能够实现连续稳定的长时间测量。     

无人机载多传感器图像融合评述

为了能为作战指挥系统提供清晰的局部战场信息,提高对局部战场低可观测目标的检测概率、定位精度及识别概率,迫切需要对无人机载SAR、可见光传感器、红外探测器等图像信息及其他非图像信息融合处理。提出了无人机载多传感器图像融合技术需要研究的内容,如: 图像融合新方法研究;无人机载SAR图像的非平稳性处理;基于图像融合目标检测和处理技术; 无人机载图像和非图像信息的融合问题;无人机载多传感器图像融合的实现及评估;多无人机载合成孔径雷达的协同成像;用图像融合的方法实现对运动目标检测等。分析了所提出研究内容的可行性,剖析了其中的关键技术,拟定了可能的技术路线。     

一种平稳小波方向能量阈值滤波的SAR图像去噪方法

由于 SAR图像相干斑噪声是非高斯分布的,无法直接采用光学成像系统的去噪技术处理,因此,目前还没有真正的理想算法广泛适用于 SAR图像去噪。在分析目前流行的空频域去噪方法优缺点的基础上,提出了 1种小波域 SAR图像去噪方法。为了克服离散小波变换缺乏平移不变性及方向选择性受限的缺点,该方法利用平稳小波将图像分解为低频逼近信号和高频细节信号;对于噪声信息较少的逼近信号,利用增强 Lee滤波去噪;对细节信号,根据相干斑噪声在小波域的方向能量特性进行自适应的阈值滤波;最后重建去噪后的 SAR图像。实验表明,该方法去噪能力强,同时边缘保持较好。     

等行频采样方式下的红外图像帧重建仿真研究

为了有效提高红外图像的分辨率,充分利用红外器件获得的扫描数据和相应的空间信息,文中重点研究了基于圆锥扫描的等行频采样方式下红外图像帧重建仿真。在介绍圆锥扫描机制下基于等行频采样机理的红外图像完整重建技术的基础上,进行了大量的重建图像仿真。仿真研究结果表明,这种技术能够获得较高分辨率的红外图像。     

基于条件随机场的遥感图像语义标注

遥感图像包含的信息丰富,纹理复杂,而遥感图像语义标注又为后续的目标识别、检测、场景分析及高层语义的提取提供了重要信息和线索,这使其成为遥感图像理解领域中一个关键且极具挑战性的任务。首先针对遥感图像语义标注问题,提出采用条件随机场(CRF)框架对遥感图像的底层特征和上下文信息建模的方法,将Texton纹理特征与CRF中的自相关势能结合来捕捉遥感图像中的纹理信息及其上下文分布,采用组合Boosting算法进行Texton纹理特征选择和参数学习;然后将Lab空间中的颜色信息与CRF中的互相关势能结合来描述颜色上下文;最后用Graph Cut算法对CRF进行推导求解,得到图像自动语义标注结果。同时,建立了可见光遥感图像数据库Google-4,并对全部图像进行了人工标注。Google-4上的实验结果表明:采用CRF框架与Texton纹理特征和颜色特征相结合对遥感图像建模的方法与基于支持向量机(SVM)的方法相比较,能够取得更准确的语义标注结果。     

NSCT变换域PCNN彩色图像增强算法

为了改善由于光照不均对真彩色图像的影响,根据人类对颜色的感知特性,利用YCbCr彩色模型空间,提出了一种基于非抽样Contourlet变换（ NSCT）的PCNN模型的图像增强算法。首先,将图像从RGB彩色空间转换到YCbCr彩色空间;然后对亮度分量进行NSCT分解,得到低频子带系数和高频方向子带系数,对低频子带,利用PC－NN增强,对高频子带采用非线性变换进行增强;最后,使用NSCT逆变换重构图像的亮度分量,并将图像从YCbCr色彩空间模型还原到RGB空间得到增强后的图像。实验结果表明,算法增强效果明显优于同态滤波、空域PCNN及NSCT域的PCNN算法,不仅增加了彩色图像的明亮度,而且图像保真性好,纹理更清晰。     

Matching suitable feature construction for SAR images based on evolutionary synthesis strategy

In the paper,a set of algorithms to construct synthetic aperture radar（SAR）matching suitable features are frstly proposed based on the evolutionary synthesis strategy.During the process,on the one hand,the indexes of primary matching suitable features（PMSFs）are designed based on the characteristics of image texture,SAR imaging and SAR matching algorithm,which is a process involving expertise;on the other hand,by designing a synthesized operation expression tree based on PMSFs,a much more flexible expression form of synthesized features is built,which greatly expands the construction space.Then,the genetic algorithm-based optimized searching process is employed to search the synthesized matching suitable feature（SMSF）with the highest effciency,largely improving the optimized searching effciency.In addition,the experimental results of the airborne synthetic aperture radar ortho-images of C-band and P-band show that the SMSFs gained via the algorithms can reflect the matching suitability of SAR images accurately and the matching probabilities of selected matching suitable areas of ortho-images could reach 99±0.5%.     

A Generalized Approach to Multiresolution Complex SAR Signal Processing

Multiresolution synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image formation has been proven to be beneficial in a variety of applications such as improved imaging and target detection as well as speckle reduction. SAR signal processing traditionally carried out in the Fourier domain has inherent limitations in the context of image formation at hierarchical scales. We present a generalized approach to the formation of multiresolution SAR images using biorthogonal shift-invariant discrete wavelet transform (SIDWT) in both range and azimuth directions. Particularly in azimuth, the inherent subband decomposition property of wavelet packet transform is introduced to produce multiscale complex matched filtering without involving any approximations. This generalized approach also includes the formulation of multilook processing within the discrete wavelet transform (DWT) paradigm. The efficiency of the algorithm in parallel form of execution to generate hierarchical scale SAR images is shown. Analytical results and sample imagery of diffuse backscatter are presented to validate the method.     

脉冲耦合神经网络在图像分割中的应用研究

系统研究了脉冲耦合神经网络在图像分割中的应用。首先研究了标准PCNN和简化的PCNN模型在图像分割中的应用,对分割结果进行了比较分析,结果表明,两种PCNN模型都能得到较好的分割结果。其次研究了最大熵、最小交叉熵和区域特征一致性准则在PCNN最优分割结果确定中的应用。最后探讨了PCNN参数变化对图像分割结果的影响,并给出了仿真试验结果。     

基于塔形形态算法的SAR图像相干斑抑制

提出将塔形形态算法用于抑制SAR图像中相干斑处理，为减少塔形处理中由于下采样造成的信息损失，从并行处理的角度出发，对塔形形态滤波器提出了改进，将下采样中的各子图同时进行形态滤波处理，在上采样中将各子图合并。经分析和处理表明这两种算法用于SAR图像滤波都能有效地去除相干斑噪声。与塔形形态滤波、Lee滤波器算法比较，采用并行算法处理后图像的各项指标有明显的改善。     

基于快速提升KLDA准则的MSTARSAR目标特征提取与识别研究

 核线性判别准则(KLDA)是一种非线性特征提取准则。利用KLDA提取MSTAR SAR图像特征，既达到较理想的识别概率，又可克服SAR图像对方位的敏感性。但此时训练样本最多，KLDA的计算代价高。为了解决这一问题，提出一种快速特征向量选择法（FFVS）。FFVS把类别和方位相似的SAR图像分成若干组，然后快速选择各组中部分图像组成一个集合且其到高维特征空间的映射作为一组基。利用该组基的线性组合表示任一样本和投影算子，降低了KLDA中核矩阵的阶数，达到降低计算代价的目的。实验结果表明，FFVS与KLDA组合能达到理想的识别结果。     

基于SAR图像匹配结果可信度评价的INS/SAR自适应Kalman滤波算法

在惯性导航系统（INS）/合成孔径雷达（SAR）组合导航系统中，SAR图像易受斑点噪声的影响，图像匹配的精度对整个导航系统精度的影响十分明显，能够准确地分析SAR图像匹配过程中的误差特性，利用有效的图像匹配信息辅助INS进行组合定位尤为重要。针对上述问题，在加权Hausdorff距离匹配算法的基础上，对影响SAR图像匹配精度的因素进行了分析，提出了一种基于模糊推理的匹配结果可信度评价准则，经过可信度筛选，将有效的匹配信息与INS进行组合；对合理范围内的匹配误差变化引起量测噪声统计特性发生变化，进而导致Kalman滤波精度下降的问题，研究采用改进的Sage-Husa自适应滤波算法对量测噪声方差阵进行动态调整，使其更加接近系统的当前状态。搭建仿真验证平台对所提算法进行了验证，结果表明，该算法能够在合理的匹配误差范围内，有效地筛选出可信的图像匹配结果，相比常规Kalman滤波算法，显著地提升了INS/SAR组合导航系统水平方向的定位精度。     

红外与可见光图像融合的空间碎片识别方法

针对暗弱空间环境中空间碎片的识别问题,提出了一种光照不均匀环境中的空间碎片识别方法。不同于现有识别方案,该方法从光照不均匀导致空间碎片图像源细节丢失造成识别性能下降的角度出发,首先将空间碎片的红外和可见光图像进行深度融合,并建立空间碎片融合图像数据库,然后基于训练样本采用深度学习技术训练得到空间碎片识别模型。算法分析表明,该图像融合方案具有高度的细节保留能力,识别模型具有在暗弱环境中高精度目标识别能力。最后进行了仿真实验,实验结果表明,该识别方案在姿态变化、图像源亮度变化等干扰条件下都具有较好的鲁棒性。     

基于边缘相似性的异源图像匹配

异源图像匹配是视觉导航、多源图像融合分析的关键步骤之一。对于成像机理差别较大的异源图像,如SAR图像和可见光图像,采用传统的异源图像匹配算法难以得到满意结果。本文提出一种基于边缘相似性的异源图像匹配方法,首先分别提取待匹配图像的边缘特征点集;然后计算基准图的边缘距离场;最后基于边缘相似性模型,通过实时图边缘图和基准图边缘距离场计算边缘相似度,寻找相似度最大的变换参数即为最终匹配参数。采用SAR与可见光图对方法进行了测试,结果表明,这种方法能够快速可靠地实现异源图像匹配。     

Performance improvement for constellation SAR using signal processing techniques

A new concept of spaceborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) implementation has recently been proposed - the constellation of small spaceborne SAR systems. In this implementation, several formation-flying small satellites cooperate to perform multiple space missions. We investigate the possibility to produce high-resolution wide-area SAR images and fine ground moving-target indicator (GMTI) performance with constellation of small spaceborne SAR systems. In particular, we focus on the problems introduced by this particular SAR system, such as Doppler ambiguities, high sparseness of the satellite array, and array element errors. A space-time adaptive processing (STAP) approach combined with conventional SAR imaging algorithms is proposed which can solve these problems to some extent. The main idea of the approach is to use a STAP-based method to properly overcome the aliasing effect caused by the lower pulse-repetition frequency (PRF) and thereby retrieve the unambiguous azimuth wide (full) spectrum signals from the received echoes. Following this operation, conventional SAR data processing tools can be applied to focus the SAR images fully. The proposed approach can simultaneously achieve both high-resolution SAR mapping of wide ground scenes and GMTI with high efficiency. To obtain array element errors, an array auto-calibration technique is proposed to estimate them based on the angular and Doppler ambiguity analysis of the clutter echo. The optimizing of satellite formations is also analyzed, and a platform velocity/PRF criterion for array configurations is presented. An approach is given to make it possible that almost any given sparse array configuration can satisfy the criterion by slightly adjusting the PRF. Simulated results are presented to verify the effectiveness of the proposed approaches.     

A novel method for multi-angle SAR image matching

Multi-angle synthetic aperture radar(SAR) image matching is very challenging, because the same object may cause different backscattering patterns, heavily depending on the radar incident angle. A technique based on the relations between the invariant positions of ground targets among the reference and sensed images is proposed to accommodate the nonmatching patterns. It involves a target extraction using wavelet coefficient fusion, as well as a geometric voting matching routine for searching the matched control points(CPs) in the reference and sensed images, respectively. To accelerate the speed of the search, a robust, rapidly corresponding CPs determination strategy is exploited by utilizing the global spatial transformation model, as well as a procedure of outlier removal to ensure the desired accuracy. Meanwhile, the positions of the matched point pairs are relocated using mutual information. The final warping of the images according to the CPs is performed by using a polynomial function. The results show the possibility of matching multi-angle SAR images in general cases.     

A Novel Speckle Filter for SAR Images Based on Informationtheoretic Heterogeneity Measurements

Most adaptive speckle filters are based on the local coefficient of variation, which serves to measure the heterogeneity of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images. However, the sensitivity of the measurements to speckle and noise of SAR images would greatly deteriorate the speckle reduction. This article, based upon the information theory, presents a novel parameter for the heterogeneity measurement as a general index to quantitate the SAR image heterogeneity. Further, as a new speckle reduction algorithm based on the aforesaid quantitative heterogeneity measurements, it puts forward a heterogeneity-based speckle reduction filter (HBSRF), which uses the information-theoretic heterogeneity measurements as a criterion to classify the SAR images as belonging to homogeneous or heterogeneous regions. Then the finite iteration procedure and edge detection algorithms are adopted to strike the best balance between speckle reduction and edge preservation. The results from the computer simulation have demonstrated that the proposed effective method is superior to the conventional speckle filters based on the local coefficient of variation both in textural preservation and speckle reduction.