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Combining multiple resolutions into hierarchical representations for kernel-based image classification
Geographic object-based image analysis (GEOBIA) framework has gained
increasing interest recently. Following this popular paradigm, we propose a
novel multiscale classification approach operating on a hierarchical image
representation built from two images at different resolutions. They capture the
same scene with different sensors and are naturally fused together through the
hierarchical representation, where coarser levels are built from a Low Spatial
Resolution (LSR) or Medium Spatial Resolution (MSR) image while finer levels
are generated from a High Spatial Resolution (HSR) or Very High Spatial
Resolution (VHSR) image. Such a representation allows one to benefit from the
context information thanks to the coarser levels, and subregions spatial
arrangement information thanks to the finer levels. Two dedicated structured
kernels are then used to perform machine learning directly on the constructed
hierarchical representation. This strategy overcomes the limits of conventional
GEOBIA classification procedures that can handle only one or very few
pre-selected scales. Experiments run on an urban classification task show that
the proposed approach can highly improve the classification accuracy w.r.t.
conventional approaches working on a single scale.Comment: International Conference on Geographic Object-Based Image Analysis
(GEOBIA 2016), University of Twente in Enschede, The Netherland
Hyperspectral images segmentation: a proposal
Hyper-Spectral Imaging (HIS) also known as chemical or spectroscopic imaging is an emerging technique that combines
imaging and spectroscopy to capture both spectral and spatial information from an object. Hyperspectral images are
made up of contiguous wavebands in a given spectral band. These images provide information on the chemical
make-up profile of objects, thus allowing the differentiation of objects of the same colour but which possess make-up
profile. Yet, whatever the application field, most of the methods devoted to HIS processing conduct data analysis without
taking into account spatial information.Pixels are processed individually, as an array of spectral data without any spatial
structure. Standard classification approaches are thus widely used (k-means, fuzzy-c-means hierarchical
classification...). Linear modelling methods such as Partial Least Square analysis (PLS) or non linear approaches like
support vector machine (SVM) are also used at different scales (remote sensing or laboratory applications). However,
with the development of high resolution sensors, coupled exploitation of spectral and spatial information to process
complex images, would appear to be a very relevant approach. However, few methods are proposed in the litterature.
The most recent approaches can be broadly classified in two main categories. The first ones are related to a direct
extension of individual pixel classification methods using just the spectral dimension (k-means, fuzzy-c-means or FCM,
Support Vector Machine or SVM). Spatial dimension is integrated as an additionnal classification parameter (Markov
fields with local homogeneity constrainst [5], Support Vector Machine or SVM with spectral and spatial kernels
combination [2], geometrically guided fuzzy C-means [3]...). The second ones combine the two fields related to each
dimension (spectral and spatial), namely chemometric and image analysis. Various strategies have been attempted. The
first one is to rely on chemometrics methods (Principal Component Analysis or PCA, Independant Component Analysis or
ICA, Curvilinear Component Analysis...) to reduce the spectral dimension and then to apply standard images processing technics on the resulting score images i.e. data projection on a subspace. Another approach is to extend the definition
of basic image processing operators to this new dimensionality (morphological operators for example [1, 4]).
However, the approaches mentioned above tend to favour only one description either directly or indirectly (spectral or
spatial). The purpose of this paper is to propose a hyperspectral processing approach that strikes a better balance in the
treatment of both kinds of information....Cet article présente une stratégie de segmentation d’images hyperspectrales liant de façon symétrique et
conjointe les aspects spectraux et spatiaux. Pour cela, nous proposons de construire des variables latentes
permettant de définir un sous-espace représentant au mieux la topologie de l’image. Dans cet article, nous
limiterons cette notion de topologie à la seule appartenance aux régions. Pour ce faire, nous utilisons d’une
part les notions de l’analyse discriminante (variance intra, inter) et les propriétés des algorithmes de
segmentation en région liées à celles-ci. Le principe générique théorique est exposé puis décliné sous la
forme d’un exemple d’implémentation optimisé utilisant un algorithme de segmentation en région type split
and merge. Les résultats obtenus sur une image de synthèse puis réelle sont exposés et commentés
A Comprehensive Survey of Deep Learning in Remote Sensing: Theories, Tools and Challenges for the Community
In recent years, deep learning (DL), a re-branding of neural networks (NNs),
has risen to the top in numerous areas, namely computer vision (CV), speech
recognition, natural language processing, etc. Whereas remote sensing (RS)
possesses a number of unique challenges, primarily related to sensors and
applications, inevitably RS draws from many of the same theories as CV; e.g.,
statistics, fusion, and machine learning, to name a few. This means that the RS
community should be aware of, if not at the leading edge of, of advancements
like DL. Herein, we provide the most comprehensive survey of state-of-the-art
RS DL research. We also review recent new developments in the DL field that can
be used in DL for RS. Namely, we focus on theories, tools and challenges for
the RS community. Specifically, we focus on unsolved challenges and
opportunities as it relates to (i) inadequate data sets, (ii)
human-understandable solutions for modelling physical phenomena, (iii) Big
Data, (iv) non-traditional heterogeneous data sources, (v) DL architectures and
learning algorithms for spectral, spatial and temporal data, (vi) transfer
learning, (vii) an improved theoretical understanding of DL systems, (viii)
high barriers to entry, and (ix) training and optimizing the DL.Comment: 64 pages, 411 references. To appear in Journal of Applied Remote
Sensin
Kernel Multivariate Analysis Framework for Supervised Subspace Learning: A Tutorial on Linear and Kernel Multivariate Methods
Feature extraction and dimensionality reduction are important tasks in many
fields of science dealing with signal processing and analysis. The relevance of
these techniques is increasing as current sensory devices are developed with
ever higher resolution, and problems involving multimodal data sources become
more common. A plethora of feature extraction methods are available in the
literature collectively grouped under the field of Multivariate Analysis (MVA).
This paper provides a uniform treatment of several methods: Principal Component
Analysis (PCA), Partial Least Squares (PLS), Canonical Correlation Analysis
(CCA) and Orthonormalized PLS (OPLS), as well as their non-linear extensions
derived by means of the theory of reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces. We also
review their connections to other methods for classification and statistical
dependence estimation, and introduce some recent developments to deal with the
extreme cases of large-scale and low-sized problems. To illustrate the wide
applicability of these methods in both classification and regression problems,
we analyze their performance in a benchmark of publicly available data sets,
and pay special attention to specific real applications involving audio
processing for music genre prediction and hyperspectral satellite images for
Earth and climate monitoring
Proceedings of the second "international Traveling Workshop on Interactions between Sparse models and Technology" (iTWIST'14)
The implicit objective of the biennial "international - Traveling Workshop on
Interactions between Sparse models and Technology" (iTWIST) is to foster
collaboration between international scientific teams by disseminating ideas
through both specific oral/poster presentations and free discussions. For its
second edition, the iTWIST workshop took place in the medieval and picturesque
town of Namur in Belgium, from Wednesday August 27th till Friday August 29th,
2014. The workshop was conveniently located in "The Arsenal" building within
walking distance of both hotels and town center. iTWIST'14 has gathered about
70 international participants and has featured 9 invited talks, 10 oral
presentations, and 14 posters on the following themes, all related to the
theory, application and generalization of the "sparsity paradigm":
Sparsity-driven data sensing and processing; Union of low dimensional
subspaces; Beyond linear and convex inverse problem; Matrix/manifold/graph
sensing/processing; Blind inverse problems and dictionary learning; Sparsity
and computational neuroscience; Information theory, geometry and randomness;
Complexity/accuracy tradeoffs in numerical methods; Sparsity? What's next?;
Sparse machine learning and inference.Comment: 69 pages, 24 extended abstracts, iTWIST'14 website:
http://sites.google.com/site/itwist1
Transductive hyperspectral image classification: toward integrating spectral and relational features via an iterative ensemble system
Remotely sensed hyperspectral image classification is a very challenging task due to the spatial correlation of the spectral signature and the high cost of true sample labeling. In light of this, the collective inference paradigm allows us to manage the spatial correlation between spectral responses of neighboring pixels, as interacting pixels are labeled simultaneously. The transductive inference paradigm allows us to reduce the inference error for the given set of unlabeled data, as sparsely labeled pixels are learned by accounting for both labeled and unlabeled information. In this paper, both these paradigms contribute to the definition of a spectral-relational classification methodology for imagery data. We propose a novel algorithm to assign a class to each pixel of a sparsely labeled hyperspectral image. It integrates the spectral information and the spatial correlation through an ensemble system. For every pixel of a hyperspectral image, spatial neighborhoods are constructed and used to build application-specific relational features. Classification is performed with an ensemble comprising a classifier learned by considering the available spectral information (associated with the pixel) and the classifiers learned by considering the extracted spatio-relational information (associated with the spatial neighborhoods). The more reliable labels predicted by the ensemble are fed back to the labeled part of the image. Experimental results highlight the importance of the spectral-relational strategy for the accurate transductive classification of hyperspectral images and they validate the proposed algorithm
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