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A convex formulation for hyperspectral image superresolution via subspace-based regularization
Hyperspectral remote sensing images (HSIs) usually have high spectral
resolution and low spatial resolution. Conversely, multispectral images (MSIs)
usually have low spectral and high spatial resolutions. The problem of
inferring images which combine the high spectral and high spatial resolutions
of HSIs and MSIs, respectively, is a data fusion problem that has been the
focus of recent active research due to the increasing availability of HSIs and
MSIs retrieved from the same geographical area.
We formulate this problem as the minimization of a convex objective function
containing two quadratic data-fitting terms and an edge-preserving regularizer.
The data-fitting terms account for blur, different resolutions, and additive
noise. The regularizer, a form of vector Total Variation, promotes
piecewise-smooth solutions with discontinuities aligned across the
hyperspectral bands.
The downsampling operator accounting for the different spatial resolutions,
the non-quadratic and non-smooth nature of the regularizer, and the very large
size of the HSI to be estimated lead to a hard optimization problem. We deal
with these difficulties by exploiting the fact that HSIs generally "live" in a
low-dimensional subspace and by tailoring the Split Augmented Lagrangian
Shrinkage Algorithm (SALSA), which is an instance of the Alternating Direction
Method of Multipliers (ADMM), to this optimization problem, by means of a
convenient variable splitting. The spatial blur and the spectral linear
operators linked, respectively, with the HSI and MSI acquisition processes are
also estimated, and we obtain an effective algorithm that outperforms the
state-of-the-art, as illustrated in a series of experiments with simulated and
real-life data.Comment: IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., to be publishe
Novel Hybrid-Learning Algorithms for Improved Millimeter-Wave Imaging Systems
Increasing attention is being paid to millimeter-wave (mmWave), 30 GHz to 300
GHz, and terahertz (THz), 300 GHz to 10 THz, sensing applications including
security sensing, industrial packaging, medical imaging, and non-destructive
testing. Traditional methods for perception and imaging are challenged by novel
data-driven algorithms that offer improved resolution, localization, and
detection rates. Over the past decade, deep learning technology has garnered
substantial popularity, particularly in perception and computer vision
applications. Whereas conventional signal processing techniques are more easily
generalized to various applications, hybrid approaches where signal processing
and learning-based algorithms are interleaved pose a promising compromise
between performance and generalizability. Furthermore, such hybrid algorithms
improve model training by leveraging the known characteristics of radio
frequency (RF) waveforms, thus yielding more efficiently trained deep learning
algorithms and offering higher performance than conventional methods. This
dissertation introduces novel hybrid-learning algorithms for improved mmWave
imaging systems applicable to a host of problems in perception and sensing.
Various problem spaces are explored, including static and dynamic gesture
classification; precise hand localization for human computer interaction;
high-resolution near-field mmWave imaging using forward synthetic aperture
radar (SAR); SAR under irregular scanning geometries; mmWave image
super-resolution using deep neural network (DNN) and Vision Transformer (ViT)
architectures; and data-level multiband radar fusion using a novel
hybrid-learning architecture. Furthermore, we introduce several novel
approaches for deep learning model training and dataset synthesis.Comment: PhD Dissertation Submitted to UTD ECE Departmen
Hyperspectral Super-Resolution with Coupled Tucker Approximation: Recoverability and SVD-based algorithms
We propose a novel approach for hyperspectral super-resolution, that is based
on low-rank tensor approximation for a coupled low-rank multilinear (Tucker)
model. We show that the correct recovery holds for a wide range of multilinear
ranks. For coupled tensor approximation, we propose two SVD-based algorithms
that are simple and fast, but with a performance comparable to the
state-of-the-art methods. The approach is applicable to the case of unknown
spatial degradation and to the pansharpening problem.Comment: IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers, in Pres
Impacts of Simultaneous Multislice Acquisition on Sensitivity and Specificity in fMRI
Simultaneous multislice (SMS) imaging can be used to decrease the time between acquisition of fMRI volumes, which can increase sensitivity by facilitating the removal of higher-frequency artifacts and boosting effective sample size. The technique requires an additional processing step in which the slices are separated, or unaliased, to recover the whole brain volume. However, this may result in signal “leakage” between aliased locations, i.e., slice “leakage,” and lead to spurious activation (decreased specificity). SMS can also lead to noise amplification, which can reduce the benefits of decreased repetition time. In this study, we evaluate the original slice-GRAPPA (no leak block) reconstruction algorithmand acceleration factor (AF = 8) used in the fMRI data in the young adult Human Connectome Project (HCP). We also evaluate split slice-GRAPPA (leak block), which can reduce slice leakage. We use simulations to disentangle higher test statistics into true positives (sensitivity) and false positives (decreased specificity). Slice leakage was greatly decreased by split slice-GRAPPA. Noise amplification was decreased by using moderate acceleration factors (AF = 4). We examined slice leakage in unprocessed fMRI motor task data from the HCP. When data were smoothed, we found evidence of slice leakage in some, but not all, subjects. We also found evidence of SMS noise amplification in unprocessed task and processed resting-state HCP data
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