自适应双边滤波红外弱小目标检测方法

针对红外弱小目标检测,提出一种基于自适应双边滤波的背景预测算法.该算法利用空域低通滤波和图像灰度信息的非线性组合,自适应的对背景进行预测,达到提高弱小目标检测性能的目的.仿真和实验表明:与小波滤波的检测算法相比,该算法能够更加有效地从结构化背景中检测目标抑制背景.     

自适应双边滤波红外弱小目标检测方法

针对红外弱小目标检测,提出一种基于自适应双边滤波的背景预测算法.该算法利用空域低通滤波和图像灰度信息的非线性组合,自适应的对背景进行预测,达到提高弱小目标检测性能的目的.仿真和实验表明：与小波滤波的检测算法相比,该算法能够更加有效地从结构化背景中检测目标抑制背景.     

基于自适应频域滤波的红外弱小目标检测技术

研究复杂背景下弱小目标检测问题对提高靶场光电设备探测能力具有重要意义.根据红外图像的背景复杂程度,提出一种自适应高斯高通滤波算法.该算法利用改进中值滤波器对图像进行降噪,采用图像方差加权熵,定量描述红外图像背景复杂程度,根据图像背景复杂程度自动调整滤波器截止频率,实现不同背景下红外弱小目标自动检测,并利用靶场实测光电图像对算法进行了验证.实验结果表明该算法能够有效地在不同图像背景下检测到弱小目标.     

基于引导滤波和分块自适应阈值的单帧红外弱小目标检测

为了在有效地检测复杂场景下红外弱小目标的同时保持较低虚警率,在满足算法实现实时性的前提下,提出一种基于引导滤波和分块自适应阈值的单帧红外弱小目标检测。首先,为缓解边缘杂波干扰,采用具有保边特性的引导滤波对图像进行背景估计;然后,利用弱小目标具备的局部灰度最大特性,提出基于软阈值非极大值抑制的九宫格滤波计算目标的概率。通过加权的方式进一步剔除背景,抑制结果中不满足目标特性的区域;最后,针对复杂场景目标检测虚警率和漏检率高的问题,提出一种分块自适应阈值分割方法提取候选目标。实验结果表明,在公开数据集上与Top-Hat、LCM和Max-Median等经典方法相比,所提方法性能优于其他方法,恒虚警下不同复杂度场景的召回率分别达到87.97%、84.93%和86.22%,可有效抑制背景,增强目标信号,提高红外弱小目标检测的召回率,且具有更好的场景鲁棒性。     

基于多特征融合的复杂背景下弱小多目标检测和跟踪算法

针对红外弱小多目标的检测和跟踪难题,提出一种基于多特征融合的复杂背景下弱小多目标检测和跟踪算法.融合红外弱小运动目标的灰度特征、梯度特征、运动特征等多个典型特性,进行复杂背景下弱小多目标的检测和跟踪.实验证明:该算法应用于复杂背景下低信噪比的红外弱小多目标图像序列能得到较理想的结果,算法检测概率高、检测速度快、具有较强鲁棒性.     

强杂波背景红外弱小目标检测算法

针对强杂波背景远距离红外弱小信号目标的特点,提出了一种基于自适应滤波的红外弱小信号检测方法。算法首先对图像进行消噪声处理,其次运用自适应滤波方式消除背景增强目标信号,最后进行基于点源目标(试验采集)成像信号特性的判决法则删除虚假目标,算法有效解决了光电探测设备高检测概率与低虚警率的矛盾。实验结果表明:该方法能够在单帧图像上有效提取出小区域信噪比为4的弱小信号目标,检测概率不低于0.75,虚警率不高于1次/100帧。     

基于多结构元素形态滤波与自适应阈值分割相结合的红外弱小目标检测

针对低信噪比灰度图像中弱小目标检测的难题,分析了红外弱小目标成像的特点,提出了基于多结构元素形态滤波与自适应阈值分割相结合的目标检测算法.利用目标运动的连续性、规律性和噪音产生的随机性,结合数学形态学结构元素的特点,研究了一种多结构元素形态滤波的管道滤波方法,通过流水线管道检测目标运动轨迹.实验结果表明,该算法应用于复杂背景下低信噪比的红外弱小目标图像能够得到较理想的结果,并且目标检测概率高,速度快,虚警率低.     

复杂天空背景下的红外弱小目标检测算法研究

为了提高单帧红外图像的检测概率,稳定检测到图像序列中的弱小目标,基于改进的双边滤波与多项式拟合,提出了一种复杂天空背景下的红外弱小目标检测算法。在传统双边滤波算法的权值系数中引入背景相关度因子,有效降低了背景抑制时目标点的影响,提高了目标区域的信噪比以及单帧图像的检测率。为了进一步剔除虚假目标,基于融合目标运动特征,对目标点进行多帧确认。针对序列检测中目标闪烁造成的目标漏检,引入多项式拟合算法对下一帧目标位置进行预测,有效避免了目标轨迹截断的问题。实验结果表明,在信噪比小于2的情况下,该算法能够稳定检测到复杂天空背景下的弱小目标轨迹。     

基于光流估计和自适应背景抑制的弱小目标检测

针对复杂云背景下的弱小目标探测,提出了一种基于光流估计和自适应背景抑制相结合的弱小目标检测算法.首先根据红外图像中云的移动规律,对云背景下的红外图像进行光流分析,提取运动云区.在光流场的计算中结合了云运动的特点以及光流方程的两个约束条件,对传统的基于梯度的光流法予以改进.同时发现移动云区对目标探测的影响较大,为了抑制移动云区对弱小目标的干扰,提出了自适应抑制复杂背景的算法,在光流场分析提取的移动云区中,利用代表背景复杂程度的背景因子,自适应调整分割阈值,抑制复杂背景的干扰.这样只在容易引起虚警的移动云区进行背景抑制处理,简化了计算量,降低了云区对弱小目标的干扰,减少了虚警和误判.实验结果表明该算法可以显著减少云区造成的虚警,并且能够探测出弱小目标.     

基于引导滤波和核相关滤波的红外弱小目标跟踪

为了解决传统跟踪算法不能有效区分背景边缘和红外弱小目标的问题,基于图像引导滤波和核相关滤波,提出了一种改进型的红外弱小目标跟踪算法。将采用6组红外弱小目标图像序列得到的实验结果与采用经典跟踪算法得到的实验结果进行了比较。实验结果表明,所提算法在主观视觉和客观评价指标方面均优于传统算法,具有更高的目标跟踪精度与较好的实时性。     

基于随机聚类的复杂背景建模与前景检测算法

为了构建鲁棒的背景模型和提高前景目标检测的准确性, 综合考虑同一位置的像素点在时间上的关联性和与其相邻像素的空间关联性, 基于经典的ViBe算法中的随机聚类思想提出了一种复杂背景建模和前景检测方法. 利用样本一致性原理, 采用前n帧序列图像得到初始化背景, 避免了Ghost现象的发生; 根据实际复杂背景的动态反馈获取自适应聚类阈值和自适应更新阈值进行随机聚类, 从而实现了对动态背景的适应性; 通过全局扰动阈值和局部像素级判断阈值的结合, 实现了对光照缓慢变化、快速变化以及突然变化的免疫性, 准确地分割前景目标. 对多组数据集的测试结果表明, 本文算法较大地提高了背景模型对动态背景、光照变化及相机抖动的复杂背景的适应性和鲁棒性. 算法还能很好地适用于红外图像检测运动目标的场合, 扩展了本算法的应用范围. 在没有进行任何图像预处理和形态学后处理情况下, 得到的原始前景检测精度优于其他对比算法.     

Color constancy enhancement under poor illumination

In this Letter, the color constancy and its realization were studied and a novel color constancy image enhancement algorithm under poor illumination was presented. The purpose of this algorithm is to maintain the hue of an image during the processing so that the change of saturation can be minimized. The original image was first multiplied by a scale parameter obtained by the adaptive quadratic function to enhance the luminance, and then the edge details were restored by a shifting parameter. Numerical results of the Simon Fraser University (SFU) image database indicated that the proposed algorithm performed much better in preserving the hue and saturation and avoiding color distortion compared with the existing image enhancement algorithms.     

Tensor diffusion level set method for infrared targets contours extraction

A tensor diffusion level set method is presented to extract infrared (IR) targets contour under a sky-mountain-water complex background. The proposed model combines tensor diffusion operator and the eigenvalues of tensor-image into a common energy minimization level set framework. By incorporating the information of image tensor diffusion operator into the external energy term, the level set function can move in a specific way. And eigenvalues of tensor-image are used for the regularization of zero level curves in order to diminish the influence of image ‘clutter’ and noise. An additional benefit of the proposed method is robust to initial conditions. Experimental results show very good performance of the tensor diffusion level set method for IR targets contours extraction.     

Regularized maximum likelihood algorithm for PET image reconstruction using a detail and edges preserving anisotropic diffusion

The traditional iterative reconstruction algorithms of positron emission tomography cannot effectively suppress the noise in low SNR case. Recently anisotropic diffusion (AD) is introduced into tomography reconstruction, which can improve the reconstructed image. Although AD reconstruction algorithm can suppress noise, it does not perverse the detail edge information accurately, especially the thin edges. In order to solve the problem, we introduce a new anisotropic diffusion term, which can preserve the detail edges effectively, into the maximum likelihood algorithm, and combine with median filter, forming the regularized maximum likelihood algorithm in PET image reconstruction (PML_NewAD). Results of computer simulated demonstrate that compared with the other classical reconstruction algorithms, PML_NewAD not only availably suppress the noise and produce a higher quality image, but also preserve the structure of image's edge excellently.     

基于自适应扩散模型的单帧红外条纹非均匀性校正算法

针对红外焦平面成像系统存在列向条纹非均匀性的现象,采用了一种基于自适应PM扩散模型的非均匀校正新算法。首先,综合利用图像梯度信息和局部灰度统计信息,自适应计算PM模型的扩散阈值;然后将每列像素的PM模型估计值作为该列像素的期望值;最后采用最陡下降法迭代计算得到每列像元的校正参数,并对结果进行循环校正以提高校正效果。实验结果表明:该算法可以保护图像边缘信息,与同类算法相比,能够更有效地抑制条纹非均匀性,并且能够防止图像产生鬼影。     

基于波原子变换的红外复杂背景杂波抑制算法

针对红外图像弱小目标检测技术中复杂背景杂波干扰问题,提出了一种基于波原子变换的红外图像背景抑制算法。首先,采用波原子变换对图像进行多尺度和多方向分解,获得原始图像的多尺度和多方向细节特征;然后,根据目标和背景杂波信号的差异,通过频域变换设计的系数调整函数修正经波原子变换后各子带系数,再经波原子逆变换重构得到估计的背景图像;最后,将其与原始图像相减获得背景杂波抑制后的图像。用真实的红外图像序列进行实验,结果显示,与最大中值和小波变换两种算法相比,该算法能有效地抑制红外弱小目标复杂背景杂波,突出目标信号,提高信杂比,具有良好的背景抑制性能。     

Edge directional 2D LMS filter for infrared small target detection

In this paper, we introduce an edge directional 2D least mean squares (LMSs) filter for small target detection in infrared (IR) images. Generally, the 2D LMS filter functions as a background prediction to apply to IR small target detection field. In order to accurately predict background objects as well as regions covered by small targets, the proposed 2D LMS filter take full advantage of edge information of prediction pixels corresponding to surrounding blocks around current filter window. And, to adjust adaptively its step size in the background and small target region, the adaptive region-dependent nonlinear step size is calculated by using the variance of the prediction pixels of the surrounding blocks. This prediction structure and adaptive step size of the proposed 2D LMS filter is applied to the background region including objects such as cloud edge and small target region differently. Through this way, the proposed 2D LMS filter predicts the background excluding small targets. Then, by subtracting the predicted background from the original IR image, small targets can be extracted. Experimental results show that the proposed 2D LMS filter has stronger target extraction and better background suppression ability compared to the existing 2D LMS filters.     

An ensemble template algorithm for extracting targets from blurred infrared images

In this paper, an ensemble template algorithm is proposed to extract targets from blurred infrared images. First, the image pixels are divided according to their gray values into three pixel sets, a target set, a background set and the third set without class label. Second, the neighborhood statistical characteristics for each pixel are calculated as its template features. Third, ensemble detectors are designed using target pixels and background pixels based on their template features, and these ensemble detectors are used to detect the third pixel set. To evaluate the performance of the proposed extraction algorithm, this paper compares the ensemble template with other extraction algorithms using blurred infrared image of hand trace. Experimental results show that the ensemble template algorithm proposed in this paper exhibits better extraction performance.     

Study of improved Otsu algorithm and its ration evaluation analysis for PCB photoelectric image segmentation

The algorithm of maximum variance between clusters (traditional Otsu algorithm) is discussed, and its advantage is given also. In order to segment the PCB photoelectric image better, on the basis of the traditional Otsu algorithm, considering the different influence of image segmentation about the factors of the distance between target and background as well as each kind of cohesion, an improved Otsu algorithm is proposed, and its basic principle and segmentation advantages are analyzed in detail. In order to evaluate these segmentation results impersonally by using different algorithms, the quantitative criteria of gray-level contrast and district interior uniformity are adopted to evaluate these segmentation results impersonally. Finally, the different segmentation experiment contrasts of PCB photoelectric image between our algorithm and other algorithms is executed, the results of experiment indicate that our algorithm has relatively better segmentation quality.     

Global and local contrast enhancement algorithm for image using wavelet neural network and stationary wavelet transform

A new contrast enhancement algorithm for image is proposed employing wavelet neural network (WNN)and stationary wavelet transform (SWT). Incomplete Beta transform (IBT) is used to enhance the global contrast for image. In order to avoid the expensive time for traditional contrast enhancement algorithms,which search optimal gray transform parameters in the whole gray transform parameter space, a new criterion is proposed with gray level histogram. Contrast type for original image is determined employing the new criterion. Gray transform parameter space is given respectively according to different contrast types,which shrinks the parameter space greatly. Nonlinear transform parameters are searched by simulated annealing algorithm (SA) so as to obtain optimal gray transform parameters. Thus the searching direction and selection of initial values of simulated annealing is guided by the new parameter space. In order to calculate IBT in the whole image, a kind of WNN is proposed to approximate the IBT. Having enhanced the global contrast to input image, discrete SWT is done to the image which has been processed by previous global enhancement method, local contrast enhancement is implemented by a kind of nonlinear operator in the high frequency sub-band images of each decomposition level respectively. Experimental results show that the new algorithm is able to adaptively enhance the global contrast for the original image while it also extrudes the detail of the targets in the original image well. The computation complexity for the new algorithm is O(MN) log(MN), where M and N are width and height of the original image, respectively.