Ship detection and characterization with generalized optimization of polarimetric contrast enhancement

  • Haiyan Li*
  • , Yijun He
  • , Lei Meng
  • , Wenguang Wang
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A Generalized optimization algorithm of Polarimetric contrast enhancement (GOPCE) is proposed to find optimal Polarimetric states and coefficients to maximize the received power ratio of ship to ocean clutter, which facilitates ship detection. The method is validated with a real SIR-C/X image. The results indicate that, rather than optimal Polarimetric contrast enhancement, GOPCE apparently improves the contrast of ship to sea by introducing the Polarimetric feature vector.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)541-545
Number of pages5
JournalChinese Journal of Electronics
Volume17
Issue number3
StatePublished - Jul 2008

Keywords

  • Optimization
  • Polarimetric synthetic aperture radars
  • Ship detection

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