Towards a new hierarchical segmentation algorithm for SAR scenes

SAR scenes are different from optical satellite images, with a strange look for the non-specialists. The objects from the ground are sometimes difficult to be told apart, even by a trained eye. A well known trademark of the SAR scenes is the noisy like appearance (speckle or salt & pepper effect). What we demonstrate is that, even in these twisted conditions, a straightforward segmentation is still possible, if the initial scene is properly preprocessed and an adapted algorithm is applied.