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Terrain detection and classification using single polarization SAR

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OSTI ID:1236006

The various technologies presented herein relate to identifying manmade and/or natural features in a radar image. Two radar images (e.g., single polarization SAR images) can be captured for a common scene. The first image is captured at a first instance and the second image is captured at a second instance, whereby the duration between the captures are of sufficient time such that temporal decorrelation occurs for natural surfaces in the scene, and only manmade surfaces, e.g., a road, produce correlated pixels. A LCCD image comprising the correlated and decorrelated pixels can be generated from the two radar images. A median image can be generated from a plurality of radar images, whereby any features in the median image can be identified. A superpixel operation can be performed on the LCCD image and the median image, thereby enabling a feature(s) in the LCCD image to be classified.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
Assignee:
Sandia Corporation
Patent Number(s):
9,239,384
Application Number:
14/519,278
OSTI ID:
1236006
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (2)

Robust Techniques for Coherent Change Detection Using Cosmo-Skymed sar Images journal January 2012
SAR image effects on coherence and coherence estimation report January 2014

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