Information-theoretic multitemporal features for change analysis from SAR images

Bruno Aiazzi; Luciano Alparone; Stefano Baronti; Andrea Garzelli; Filippo Nencini

doi:10.1117/12.800739

10 October 2008 Information-theoretic multitemporal features for change analysis from SAR images

Bruno Aiazzi, Luciano Alparone, Stefano Baronti, Andrea Garzelli, Filippo Nencini

Proceedings Volume 7109, Image and Signal Processing for Remote Sensing XIV; 71090S (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.800739
Event: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2008, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

Abstract

Multitemporal analysis of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images has gained an ever increasing attention due to the availability of several satellite platforms with different revisit times and to the intrinsic capability of the SAR system of producing all-weather observations. As a drawback, automated analysis in general and change detection in particular are made dfficult by the inherent noisiness of SAR imagery. Even if a preprocessing step aimed at speckle reduction is adopted, most of algorithms borrowed from computer vision cannot be profitably used. In this work, a novel pixel feature suitable for change analysis is derived from information-theoretic concepts. It does not require preliminary despeckling and is capable of providing accurate change maps from a couple of SAR images. The rationale is that the negative of logarithm of the probability of an amplitude level in one image conditional to the level of the same pixel in the other image conveys an information on the amount of change occurred between the two passes. Experimental results carried out on two couples of multitemporal SAR images demonstrate that the proposed IT feature outperforms the Log-Ratio in terms of capability of discriminating either burnt or flooded areas and is less sensitive than Log-Ratio to changes in acquisition angle between the two SAR images.

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Bruno Aiazzi, Luciano Alparone, Stefano Baronti, Andrea Garzelli, and Filippo Nencini "Information-theoretic multitemporal features for change analysis from SAR images", Proc. SPIE 7109, Image and Signal Processing for Remote Sensing XIV, 71090S (10 October 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.800739

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