基于区域的GLRT车辆目标检测方法

基于合成孔径雷达(Synthetic aperture radar,SAR)图像的地面车辆目标自动检测是一项重要的SAR军事应用研究。提出一种基于区域的广义似然比法(Generalized likelihood ratio test,GLRT)的目标检测方法,该方法将GLRT目标检测理论与图像分割技术相结合。首先利用普通图像常用的分割聚类方法从SAR图像场景中粗略地分离出陆地杂波区域和目标潜在区域。然后根据分割结果,分别对两区域数据建立合理的统计模型。最后在背景和目标统计特性都已知的情况下,采用GLRT目标检测方法对目标潜在区域的像素点进行逐一检测,获得更为精确的检测结果。对实际SAR数据处理的结果表明,该方法能有效地从陆地场景中检测出地面车辆目标,且具备一定的精确性和快速性。

Region-Based GLRT Method for Vehicle Target Detection

Automatic ground vehicle detection based on synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image is one of the important military applications of SAR. A region based generalized likelihood ratio test (GLRT) method is proposed, which combines the GLRT detection theory and the image segmentation technology. First, the SAR image is roughly segmented as land clutter region and potential target region through the split and merge procedure often used for processing the original images. Then, based on the segmentation results, the reasonable statistical models for the data in the two regions are built respectively. Finally, with the knowledge of statistical characteristics of clutter and target, the GLRT detection method is applied to the each pixel in the potential target region to obtain more accurate detection results. Experimental results based on real SAR data show that the proposed method can effectively detect the ground vehicle targets from the land clutter with excellent accuracy and speed.