Title :
An evaluation of PolSAR speckle filters on Compact-Pol images
Author :
Foucher, Samuel ; Landry, Tom ; López-Martínez, Carlos ; Charbonneau, François ; Gagnon, Langis
Author_Institution :
Comput. Res. Inst. of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
Abstract :
The goal of this study is to evaluate some polarimetric speckle filters when applied to Compact Polarimetry (CP) data. Seven filters are evaluated on a set of artificial CP images. Performances regarding image restoration and polarimetric information preservation are evaluated.
Keywords :
geophysical image processing; geophysical techniques; image restoration; radar polarimetry; Compact-Pol images; PolSAR speckle filters; artificial CP images; compact polarimetry data; image restoration; polarimetric information preservation; polarimetric speckle filters; Covariance matrix; Filtering; Image edge detection; Polarimetry; Remote sensing; Speckle; Synthetic aperture radar; Compact Polarimetry; Speckle filters;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2012 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1160-1
Electronic_ISBN :
2153-6996
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6352466
