Improved Difference Images for Change Detection Classifiers in SAR Imagery Using Deep Learning

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2303.17835v2
• Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2023 10:30:32 GMT
• Title: Improved Difference Images for Change Detection Classifiers in SAR Imagery Using Deep Learning
• Authors: Janne Alatalo, Tuomo Sipola, Mika Rantonen
• Abstract summary: This paper proposes a new method of improving SAR image processing to produce higher quality difference images for the classification algorithms. The method is built on a neural network-based mapping transformation function that produces artificial SAR images from a location in the requested acquisition conditions.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Satellite-based Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images can be used as a source of remote sensed imagery regardless of cloud cover and day-night cycle. However, the speckle noise and varying image acquisition conditions pose a challenge for change detection classifiers. This paper proposes a new method of improving SAR image processing to produce higher quality difference images for the classification algorithms. The method is built on a neural network-based mapping transformation function that produces artificial SAR images from a location in the requested acquisition conditions. The inputs for the model are: previous SAR images from the location, imaging angle information from the SAR images, digital elevation model, and weather conditions. The method was tested with data from a location in North-East Finland by using Sentinel-1 SAR images from European Space Agency, weather data from Finnish Meteorological Institute, and a digital elevation model from National Land Survey of Finland. In order to verify the method, changes to the SAR images were simulated, and the performance of the proposed method was measured using experimentation where it gave substantial improvements to performance when compared to a more conventional method of creating difference images.

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