Registration for Optical Multimodal Remote Sensing Images Based on FAST Detection, Window Selection, and Histogram Specification
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| Title: | Registration for Optical Multimodal Remote Sensing Images Based on FAST Detection, Window Selection, and Histogram Specification |
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| Authors: | Xiaoyang Zhao, Jian Zhang, Chenghai Yang, Huaibo Song, Yeyin Shi, Xingen Zhou, Dongyan Zhang, Guozhong Zhang |
| Source: | Remote Sensing, Vol 10, Iss 5, p 663 (2018) |
| Publisher Information: | MDPI AG |
| Publication Year: | 2018 |
| Collection: | Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles |
| Subject Terms: | optical multimodal images, registration, FAST, window selection, histogram specification, Science |
| Description: | In recent years, digital frame cameras have been increasingly used for remote sensing applications. However, it is always a challenge to align or register images captured with different cameras or different imaging sensor units. In this research, a novel registration method was proposed. Coarse registration was first applied to approximately align the sensed and reference images. Window selection was then used to reduce the search space and a histogram specification was applied to optimize the grayscale similarity between the images. After comparisons with other commonly-used detectors, the fast corner detector, FAST (Features from Accelerated Segment Test), was selected to extract the feature points. The matching point pairs were then detected between the images, the outliers were eliminated, and geometric transformation was performed. The appropriate window size was searched and set to one-tenth of the image width. The images that were acquired by a two-camera system, a camera with five imaging sensors, and a camera with replaceable filters mounted on a manned aircraft, an unmanned aerial vehicle, and a ground-based platform, respectively, were used to evaluate the performance of the proposed method. The image analysis results showed that, through the appropriate window selection and histogram specification, the number of correctly matched point pairs had increased by 11.30 times, and that the correct matching rate had increased by 36%, compared with the results based on FAST alone. The root mean square error (RMSE) in the x and y directions was generally within 0.5 pixels. In comparison with the binary robust invariant scalable keypoints (BRISK), curvature scale space (CSS), Harris, speed up robust features (SURF), and commercial software ERDAS and ENVI, this method resulted in larger numbers of correct matching pairs and smaller, more consistent RMSE. Furthermore, it was not necessary to choose any tie control points manually before registration. The results from this study indicate that the proposed method ... |
| Document Type: | article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: | English |
| Relation: | http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/10/5/663; https://doaj.org/toc/2072-4292; https://doaj.org/article/22414d2c35ec4c3db5baf0dfa5b5c8a2 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/rs10050663 |
| Availability: | https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10050663 https://doaj.org/article/22414d2c35ec4c3db5baf0dfa5b5c8a2 |
| Accession Number: | edsbas.52F0ADE2 |
| Database: | BASE |
Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstract: | In recent years, digital frame cameras have been increasingly used for remote sensing applications. However, it is always a challenge to align or register images captured with different cameras or different imaging sensor units. In this research, a novel registration method was proposed. Coarse registration was first applied to approximately align the sensed and reference images. Window selection was then used to reduce the search space and a histogram specification was applied to optimize the grayscale similarity between the images. After comparisons with other commonly-used detectors, the fast corner detector, FAST (Features from Accelerated Segment Test), was selected to extract the feature points. The matching point pairs were then detected between the images, the outliers were eliminated, and geometric transformation was performed. The appropriate window size was searched and set to one-tenth of the image width. The images that were acquired by a two-camera system, a camera with five imaging sensors, and a camera with replaceable filters mounted on a manned aircraft, an unmanned aerial vehicle, and a ground-based platform, respectively, were used to evaluate the performance of the proposed method. The image analysis results showed that, through the appropriate window selection and histogram specification, the number of correctly matched point pairs had increased by 11.30 times, and that the correct matching rate had increased by 36%, compared with the results based on FAST alone. The root mean square error (RMSE) in the x and y directions was generally within 0.5 pixels. In comparison with the binary robust invariant scalable keypoints (BRISK), curvature scale space (CSS), Harris, speed up robust features (SURF), and commercial software ERDAS and ENVI, this method resulted in larger numbers of correct matching pairs and smaller, more consistent RMSE. Furthermore, it was not necessary to choose any tie control points manually before registration. The results from this study indicate that the proposed method ... |
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| DOI: | 10.3390/rs10050663 |