Superpixel-based classification of hyperspectral data using sparse representation and conditional random fields

This paper presents a superpixel-based classifier for landcover mapping of hyperspectral image data. The approach relies on the sparse representation of each pixel by a weighted linear combination of the training data. Spatial information is incorporated by using a coarse patch-based neighborhood around each pixel as well as data-adapted superpixels. The classification is done via a hierarchical conditional random field, which utilizes the sparse-representation output and models spatial and hierarchical structures in the hyperspectral image. The experiments show that the proposed approach results in superior accuracies in comparison to sparse-representation based classifiers that solely use a patch-based neighborhood.

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