Automated change detection for synthetic aperture sonar

Tesfaye G-Michael; Bradley Marchand; J. Derek Tucker; Daniel D. Sternlicht; Timothy M. Marston; Mahmood R. Azimi-Sadjadi

doi:10.1117/12.2053067

29 May 2014 Automated change detection for synthetic aperture sonar

Tesfaye G-Michael, Bradley Marchand, J. Derek Tucker, Daniel D. Sternlicht, Timothy M. Marston, Mahmood R. Azimi-Sadjadi

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Proceedings Volume 9072, Detection and Sensing of Mines, Explosive Objects, and Obscured Targets XIX; 907204 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2053067
Event: SPIE Defense + Security, 2014, Baltimore, MD, United States

Abstract

In this paper, an automated change detection technique is presented that compares new and historical seafloor images created with sidescan synthetic aperture sonar (SAS) for changes occurring over time. The method consists of a four stage process: a coarse navigational alignment; fine-scale co-registration using the scale invariant feature transform (SIFT) algorithm to match features between overlapping images; sub-pixel co-registration to improves phase coherence; and finally, change detection utilizing canonical correlation analysis (CCA). The method was tested using data collected with a high-frequency SAS in a sandy shallow-water environment. By using precise co-registration tools and change detection algorithms, it is shown that the coherent nature of the SAS data can be exploited and utilized in this environment over time scales ranging from hours through several days.

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Tesfaye G-Michael, Bradley Marchand, J. Derek Tucker, Daniel D. Sternlicht, Timothy M. Marston, and Mahmood R. Azimi-Sadjadi "Automated change detection for synthetic aperture sonar", Proc. SPIE 9072, Detection and Sensing of Mines, Explosive Objects, and Obscured Targets XIX, 907204 (29 May 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2053067

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