Abstract
This paper proposes a hybrid classifier for polarimetric SAR images. The feature sets consist of span image, the H/A/α decomposition, and the GLCM-based texture features. Then, a probabilistic neural network (PNN) was adopted for classification, and a novel algorithm proposed to enhance its performance. Principle component analysis (PCA) was chosen to reduce feature dimensions, random division to reduce the number of neurons, and Brent's search (BS) to find the optimal bias values. The results on San Francisco and Flevoland sites are compared to that using a 3-layer BPNN to demonstrate the validity of our algorithm in terms of confusion matrix and overall accuracy. In addition, the importance of each improvement of the algorithm was proven.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 7516-7539 |
Number of pages | 24 |
Journal | Sensors |
Volume | 9 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Sept 2009 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Brent's Search
- Gray-level co-occurrence matrix
- Polarimetric SAR
- Principle component analysis
- Probabilistic neural network