Title :
A novel Radon transform-based method for ship wake detection
Author :
Du, G. ; Yeo, T.S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Singapore Nat. Univ.
Abstract :
Based on the gliding-box algorithm and the Radon transform algorithm, a novel method for detecting ship wakes in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images is proposed. The method is applied to both simulation images and real SAR image, and the result shows that the detection accuracy is satisfactory in strong noise environment. One significant feature of the new algorithm is that it can even detect ship wakes which are significantly shorter than the image dimensions
Keywords :
Radon transforms; marine radar; object detection; remote sensing by radar; ships; synthetic aperture radar; wakes; Radon transform algorithm; gliding-box algorithm; ship wake detection; strong noise environment; synthetic aperture radar images; Computational modeling; Computer vision; Image segmentation; Layout; Marine vehicles; Radar detection; Sea measurements; Shipbuilding industry; Synthetic aperture radar; Working environment noise;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2004. IGARSS '04. Proceedings. 2004 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Anchorage, AK
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8742-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2004.1370346
