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Multilevel Local Pattern Histogram for SAR Image Classification

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Dengxin Dai *
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Wen Yang
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Hong Sun
DOI:10.1109/LGRS.2010.2058997delete
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In this letter, we propose a theoretically and computationally simple feature for synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image classification, the multilevel local pattern histogram (MLPH). The MLPH describes the size distributions of bright, dark, and homogenous patterns appearing in a moving window at various contrasts; these patterns are the elementary properties of SAR image texture. The MLPH is a very powerful descriptor of SAR images because it captures both local and global structural information. Additionally, it is robust to speckle noise. Experiments on a TerraSAR-X data set demonstrate that MLPH significantly outperforms four other widely used features in SAR image classification.
Keywords:
Image classification
multilevel local pattern histogram (MLPH)
synthetic aperture radar (SAR)

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IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine cover
IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine
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wuhan university
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