Skip to main content

Endmember variability in hyperspectral analysis: addressing spectral variability during spectral unmixing

January 11, 2014

Abstract: Variable illumination and environmental, atmospheric, and temporal conditions cause the measured spectral signature for a material to vary within hyperspectral imagery. By ignoring these variations, errors are introduced and propagated throughout hyperspectral image analysis. To develop accurate spectral unmixing and endmember estimation methods, a number of approaches that account for spectral variability have been […]

Read more: Endmember variability in hyperspectral analysis: addressing spectral variability during spectral unmixing »

Unmixing using a combined microscopic and macroscopic mixture model with distinct endmembers

September 11, 2013

Abstract: Much work in the study of hyperspectral imagery has focused on macroscopic mixtures and unmixing via the linear mixing model. A substantially different approach seeks to model hyperspectral data non-linearly in order to accurately describe intimate or microscopic relationships of materials within the image. In this paper we present and discuss a new model […]

Read more: Unmixing using a combined microscopic and macroscopic mixture model with distinct endmembers »

Subpixel target detection in hyperspectral imagery using piece-wise convex spatial-spectral unmixing, possibilistic and fuzzy clustering, and co-registered LiDAR

July 11, 2013

Abstract: A new algorithm for subpixel target detection in hyperspectral imagery is proposed which uses the PFCM-FLICM-PCE algorithm to model and estimate the parameters of the image background. This method uses the piece-wise convex mixing model with spatial-spectral constraints, and uses possibilistic and fuzzy clustering techniques to find the piece-wise convex regions and robustly estimate […]

Read more: Subpixel target detection in hyperspectral imagery using piece-wise convex spatial-spectral unmixing, possibilistic and fuzzy clustering, and co-registered LiDAR »

Simultaneous band-weighting and spectral unmixing for multiple endmember sets

July 11, 2013

Abstract: In this paper, the SimUltaneous Band-weighting and Spectral Unmixing for Multiple Endmember Sets (SUBSUME) which performs endmember extraction for multiple sets of endmembers, estimates proportion values, and assigns partition-specific band weights is presented. By incorporating simultaneous band weighting, input hyperspectral data is partitioned while focusing on spectral information from the wavelengths that provide the […]

Read more: Simultaneous band-weighting and spectral unmixing for multiple endmember sets »

Spectral unmixing using the beta compositional model

June 11, 2013

Abstract: This paper introduces a beta compositional model as a mixing model for hyperspectral images. Endmembers are represented via beta distributions, hereafter referred to as betas, to constrain endmembers to a physically-meaningful range. Two associated spectral unmixing algorithms are described and applied to simulated and real hyperspectral imagery. Links: Citation: A. Zare, P. Gader, D. […]

Read more: Spectral unmixing using the beta compositional model »

Piecewise convex multiple-model endmember detection and spectral unmixing

May 11, 2013

Abstract: A hyperspectral endmember detection and spectral unmixing algorithm that finds multiple sets of endmembers is presented. Hyperspectral data are often nonconvex. The Piecewise Convex Multiple-Model Endmember Detection algorithm accounts for this using a piecewise convex model. Multiple sets of endmembers and abundances are found using an iterative fuzzy clustering and spectral unmixing method. The […]

Read more: Piecewise convex multiple-model endmember detection and spectral unmixing »

Sampling piecewise convex unmixing and endmember extraction

March 11, 2013

Abstract: A Metropolis-within-Gibbs sampler for piecewise convex hyperspectral unmixing and endmember extraction is presented. The standard linear mixing model used for hyperspectral unmixing assumes that hyperspectral data reside in a single convex region. However, hyperspectral data are often nonconvex. Furthermore, in standard endmember extraction and unmixing methods, endmembers are generally represented as a single point […]

Read more: Sampling piecewise convex unmixing and endmember extraction »

Editorial: Algorithms for multispectral and hyperspectral image analysis

November 11, 2012

Abstract: Recent advances in multispectral and hyperspectral sensing technologies coupled with rapid growth in computing power have led to new opportunities in remote sensing—higher spatial and/or spectral resolution over larger areas leads to more detailed and comprehensive land cover mapping and more sensitive target detection. However, these massive hyperspectral datasets provide new challenges as well. […]

Read more: Editorial: Algorithms for multispectral and hyperspectral image analysis »

Endmember extraction using the physics-based multi-mixture pixel model

October 11, 2012

Abstract: A method of incorporating the multi-mixture pixel model into hyperspectral endmember extraction is presented and discussed. A vast majority of hyperspectral endmember extraction methods rely on the linear mixture model to describe pixel spectra resulting from mixtures of endmembers. Methods exist to unmix hyperspectral pixels using nonlinear models, but rely on severely limiting assumptions […]

Read more: Endmember extraction using the physics-based multi-mixture pixel model »

Hyperspectral image analysis with piece-wise convex endmember estimation and spectral unmixing

October 11, 2012

Abstract: A hyperspectral endmember detection and spectral unmixing algorithm that finds multiple sets of endmembers is presented. This algorithm, the Piece-wise Convex Multiple Model Endmember Detection (P-COMMEND) algorithm, models a hyperspectral image using a piece-wise convex representation. By using a piece-wise convex representation, non-convex hyperspectral data are more accurately characterized. For example, the well-known Indian […]

Read more: Hyperspectral image analysis with piece-wise convex endmember estimation and spectral unmixing »