论文信息 - High resolution SAR imagery ship detection based on EXS-C-CFAR in Alpha-stable clutters

High resolution SAR imagery ship detection based on EXS-C-CFAR in Alpha-stable clutters

High resolution SAR imagery captures both the sea background and ship target more explicitly. This paper proposed an algorithm based on EXS-C-CFAR (excision-switching context based CFAR) and Alpha-stable distribution to detect ships in high resolution SAR imagery. From experiment results, it is derived that the Alpha-stable distribution models spiky sea clutter well and the EXS-C-CFAR has good ship detection performance on JPL/NASA AIRSAR data. Moreover, context information utilized in the detector preserves more ship structures.

Huanxin Zou | Shilin Zhou | Jixiang Sun | Kefeng Ji | Xiangwei Xing

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