Category: Conference Papers

Abstract: The Multi-class Convex-FUMI (Multi-class C-FUMI) method is developed and described. The method is capable of learning prototypes for multiple target classes from hyperspectral imagery. Multi-class C-FUMI is a non-traditional supervised learning method based on the Functions of Multiple Instances (FUMI) concept. The FUMI concept differs significantly from traditional supervised by the assumption that only […]

Abstract: Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE) is the brain manifestation of systemic asphyxia that occurs in 20 out of 1000 births. HIE triggers an immediate neuronal and glial injury leading to necrosis secondary to cellular edema and lysis. Because of this destructive neuronal injury, up to 25% of neonates exhibit severe permanent neuropsychological handicaps in the form […]

Abstract: The Functions of Multiple Instances (FUMI) method for learning a target prototype from data points that are functions of target and non-target prototypes is introduced. In this paper, a specific case is considered where, given data points which are convex combinations of a target prototype and several non-target prototypes, the Convex-FUMI (C-FUMI) method learns […]

Abstract: A Gibbs sampler for piece-wise convex hyperspectral unmixing and endmember detection is presented. The standard linear mixing model used for hyperspectral unmixing assumes that hyperspectral data reside in a single convex region. However, hyperspectral data is often non-convex. Furthermore, in standard unmixing methods, endmembers are generally represented as a single point in the high […]

Abstract: The results from L1-Endmembers display the algorithm’s stability and accuracy with increasing levels of noise. The algorithm was extremely stable in the number of endmembers when compared to the SPICE algorithm and the Virtual Dimensionality methods for estimating the number of endmembers. Furthermore, the results shown for this algorithm were generated with the same […]

Abstract: We introduce a new spectral mixture analysis approach. Unlike most available approaches that only use the spectral information, this approach uses the spectral and spatial information available in the hyperspectral data. Moreover, it does not assume a global convex geometry model that encompasses all the data but rather multiple local convex models. Both the […]

Abstract: The piece-wise convex multiple model endmember detection algorithm (P-COMMEND) and the Piece-wise Convex End-member detection (PCE) algorithm autonomously estimate many sets of endmembers to represent a hyperspectral image. A piece-wise convex model with several sets of endmembers is more effective for representing non-convex hyperspectral imagery over the standard convex geometry model (or linear mixing […]

Abstract: An endmember detection and spectral unmixing algorithm that uses both spatial and spectral information is presented. This method, Spatial Piece-wise Convex Multiple Model Endmember Detection (Spatial P-COMMEND), autonomously estimates multiple sets of endmembers and performs spectral unmixing for input hyperspectral data. Spatial P-COMMEND does not restrict the estimated endmembers to define a single convex […]

Abstract: A hyperspectral endmember detection and spectral unmixing algorithm based on an l1 norm factorization of the input hyperspectral data is developed and compared to a method based on l2 norm factorization. Both algorithms, the L1-Endmembers algorithm based on the l1 norm and the SPICE algorithm based on the l2 norm, simultaneously and autonomously estimate […]

Abstract: In this paper, a study involving the detection of buried objects by fusing airborne Multi-Spectral Imagery (MSI) and ground-based Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) data is investigated. The benefit of using the airborne sensor to cue the GPR, which will then search the area indicated by the MSI, is investigated and compared to results obtained […]