Tag: synthetic aperture sonar

Abstract: Synthetic aperture sonar (SAS) intensity statistics are dependent upon the sensing geometry at the time of capture. Estimating bathymetry from acoustic surveys is challenging. While several methods have been proposed to estimate seabed relief via intensity, we develop the first large-scale study that relies on deep learning models. In this work, we pose bathymetric […]

Congratulations to our labmates: Sarah Walker, Joshua Peeples, Jeff Dale, James Keller and Alina Zare!  Their paper, “Explainable Systematic Analysis for Synthetic Aperture Sonar Imagery” was recently accepted to the IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS). In their paper, the authors provide an in-depth analysis to the factors that affect performance of texture […]

Congratulations to our labmates: Dylan Stewart, Anna Hampton, Alina Zare, Jeff Dale and James Keller!  Their paper, “The Weakly-Labeled Rand Index” was recently accepted to the IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS). In their paper, the authors introduce an approach to quantify superpixel segmentation performance. Whereas traditional evaluation approaches require crisp segmentations, the […]

Abstract: In this work, we present an in-depth and systematic analysis using tools such as local interpretable model-agnostic explanations (LIME) and divergence measures to analyze what changes lead to improvement in performance in fine tuned models for synthetic aperture sonar (SAS) data. We examine the sensitivity to factors in the fine tuning process such as […]

Abstract: Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS) surveys produce imagery with large regions of transition between seabed types. Due to these regions, it is difficult to label and segment the imagery and, furthermore, challenging to score the image segmentations appropriately. While there are many approaches to quantify performance in standard crisp segmentation schemes, drawing hard boundaries in […]

Congratulations to our labmates, Hudanyun Sheng and Princess Lyons, for successful Master’s defenses!   Hudanyun conducted work on “Switchgrass Genotype Classification using Hyperspectral Imagery”, while Princess investigated  “Anomaly and Target Detection in Synthetic Aperture Sonar”. Great job, you two!

Abstract: With the increasing popularity of using autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) to gather large quantities of Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS) seafloor imagery, the burden on human operators to identify targets in these seafloor images has increased significantly. Existing methods of automated target detection can have perfect or near-perfect accuracy, but often produce a high ratio […]

Abstract: In underwater synthetic aperture sonar (SAS) imagery, there is a need for accurate target recognition algorithms. Automated detection of underwater objects has many applications, not the least of which being the safe extraction of dangerous explosives. In this paper, we discuss experiments on a deep learning approach to binary classification of target and non-target […]

Abstract: Existing polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (PolSAR) image classification methods cannot achieve satisfactory performance on complex scenes characterized by several types of land cover with significant levels of noise or similar scattering properties across land cover types. Hence, we propose a supervised classification method aimed at constructing a classifier based on self-paced learning (SPL). SPL […]

Abstract: The ability to discern the characteristics of the seafloor has many applications. Due to minimal visibility, Synthetic Aperture Sonar Imagery (SAS) uses sonar to produce a texture map of the seabed below. In this paper, we discuss an approach to detecting targets from varying seafloor contexts. The approach begins with one or more anomaly […]