Change Detection of Optical Remote Sensing Image Disturbed by Thin Cloud Using Wavelet Coefficient Substitution Algorithm

The detection of changes in optical remote sensing images under the interference of thin clouds is studied for the first time in this paper. First, the optical remote sensing image is subjected to thin cloud removal processing, and then the processed remote sensing image is subjected to image change...

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Main Authors: Xiaoqian Yang, Zhenhong Jia, Jie Yang, Nikola Kasabov
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-04-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/19/9/1972
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Zhenhong Jia
Jie Yang
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Nikola Kasabov
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description The detection of changes in optical remote sensing images under the interference of thin clouds is studied for the first time in this paper. First, the optical remote sensing image is subjected to thin cloud removal processing, and then the processed remote sensing image is subjected to image change detection. Based on the analysis of the characteristics of thin cloud images, a method for removing thin clouds based on wavelet coefficient substitution is proposed in this paper. Based on the change in the wavelet coefficient, the high- and low-frequency parts of the remote sensing image are replaced separately, and the low-frequency clouds are suppressed while maintaining the high-frequency detail of the image, which achieves good results. Then, an unsupervised change detection algorithm based on a combined difference graph and fuzzy c-means clustering algorithm (FCM) clustering is applied. First, the image is transformed into a logarithmic domain, and the image is denoised using Frost filtering. Then, the mean ratio method and the difference method are used to obtain two graph difference maps, and the combined difference graph method is used to obtain the final difference image. The experimental results show that the algorithm can effectively solve the problem of image change detection under thin cloud interference.
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spelling doaj.art-f4e1e17489fc4abaabb8ffe6a74fcf4e2022-12-22T02:57:02ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202019-04-01199197210.3390/s19091972s19091972Change Detection of Optical Remote Sensing Image Disturbed by Thin Cloud Using Wavelet Coefficient Substitution AlgorithmXiaoqian Yang0Zhenhong Jia1Jie Yang2Nikola Kasabov3College of Information Science and Engineering, Xinjiang University, Urumuqi 830046, ChinaCollege of Information Science and Engineering, Xinjiang University, Urumuqi 830046, ChinaInstitute of Image Processing and Pattern Recognition, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, ChinaKnowledge Engineering and Discovery Research Institute, Auckland University of Technology, 1020 Auckland, New ZealandThe detection of changes in optical remote sensing images under the interference of thin clouds is studied for the first time in this paper. First, the optical remote sensing image is subjected to thin cloud removal processing, and then the processed remote sensing image is subjected to image change detection. Based on the analysis of the characteristics of thin cloud images, a method for removing thin clouds based on wavelet coefficient substitution is proposed in this paper. Based on the change in the wavelet coefficient, the high- and low-frequency parts of the remote sensing image are replaced separately, and the low-frequency clouds are suppressed while maintaining the high-frequency detail of the image, which achieves good results. Then, an unsupervised change detection algorithm based on a combined difference graph and fuzzy c-means clustering algorithm (FCM) clustering is applied. First, the image is transformed into a logarithmic domain, and the image is denoised using Frost filtering. Then, the mean ratio method and the difference method are used to obtain two graph difference maps, and the combined difference graph method is used to obtain the final difference image. The experimental results show that the algorithm can effectively solve the problem of image change detection under thin cloud interference.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/19/9/1972optical remote sensing imagethin cloud removalcombination difference mapFCM clusteringunsupervisedchange detection
spellingShingle Xiaoqian Yang
Zhenhong Jia
Jie Yang
Nikola Kasabov
Change Detection of Optical Remote Sensing Image Disturbed by Thin Cloud Using Wavelet Coefficient Substitution Algorithm
Sensors
optical remote sensing image
thin cloud removal
combination difference map
FCM clustering
unsupervised
change detection
title Change Detection of Optical Remote Sensing Image Disturbed by Thin Cloud Using Wavelet Coefficient Substitution Algorithm
title_full Change Detection of Optical Remote Sensing Image Disturbed by Thin Cloud Using Wavelet Coefficient Substitution Algorithm
title_fullStr Change Detection of Optical Remote Sensing Image Disturbed by Thin Cloud Using Wavelet Coefficient Substitution Algorithm
title_full_unstemmed Change Detection of Optical Remote Sensing Image Disturbed by Thin Cloud Using Wavelet Coefficient Substitution Algorithm
title_short Change Detection of Optical Remote Sensing Image Disturbed by Thin Cloud Using Wavelet Coefficient Substitution Algorithm
title_sort change detection of optical remote sensing image disturbed by thin cloud using wavelet coefficient substitution algorithm
topic optical remote sensing image
thin cloud removal
combination difference map
FCM clustering
unsupervised
change detection
url https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/19/9/1972
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