Affiliation:
1. College of Electronic Science and Technology, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
2. College of Information and Navigation, Air Force Engineering University, Xi’an 710077, China
Abstract
Superpixel generation of polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (PolSAR) images is widely used for intelligent interpretation due to its feasibility and efficiency. However, the initial superpixel size setting is commonly neglected, and empirical values are utilized. When prior information is missing, a smaller value will increase the computational burden, while a higher value may result in inferior boundary adherence. Additionally, existing similarity metrics are time-consuming and cannot achieve better segmentation results. To address these issues, a novel strategy is proposed in this article for the first time to construct the function relationship between the initial superpixel size (number of pixels contained in the initial superpixel) and the structural complexity of PolSAR images; additionally, the determinant ratio test (DRT) distance, which is exactly a second form of Wilks’ lambda distribution, is adopted for local clustering to achieve a lower computational burden and competitive accuracy for superpixel generation. Moreover, a hexagonal distribution is exploited to initialize the PolSAR image based on the estimated initial superpixel size, which can further reduce the complexity of locating pixels for relabeling. Extensive experiments conducted on five real-world data sets demonstrate the reliability and generalization of adaptive size estimation, and the proposed superpixel generation method exhibits higher computational efficiency and better-preserved details in heterogeneous regions compared to six other state-of-the-art approaches.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
China Postdoctoral Science Foundation
Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province
Subject
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
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