Investigation of automated feature extraction using multiple data sources

Neal R. Harvey; Simon J. Perkins; Paul A. Pope; James P. Theiler; Nancy A. David; Reid B. Porter

doi:10.1117/12.485867

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1 April 2003 Investigation of automated feature extraction using multiple data sources

Neal R. Harvey; Simon J. Perkins; Paul A. Pope; James P. Theiler; Nancy A. David; Reid B. Porter

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Proceedings Volume 5099, Multisensor, Multisource Information Fusion: Architectures, Algorithms, and Applications 2003; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.485867
Event: AeroSense 2003, 2003, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

An increasing number and variety of platforms are now capable of collecting remote sensing data over a particular scene. For many applications, the information available from any individual sensor may be incomplete, inconsistent or imprecise. However, other sources may provide complementary and/or additional data. Thus, for an application such as image feature extraction or classification, it may be that fusing the mulitple data sources can lead to more consistent and reliable results. Unfortunately, with the increased complexity of the fused data, the search space of feature-extraction or classification algorithms also greatly increases. With a single data source, the determination of a suitable algorithm may be a significant challenge for an image analyst. With the fused data, the search for suitable algorithms can go far beyond the capabilities of a human in a realistic time frame, and becomes the realm of machine learning, where the computational power of modern computers can be harnessed to the task at hand. We describe experiments in which we investigate the ability of a suite of automated feature extraction tools developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory to make use of multiple data sources for various feature extraction tasks. We compare and contrast this software's capabilities on 1) individual data sets from different data sources 2) fused data sets from multiple data sources and 3) fusion of results from multiple individual data sources.

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Neal R. Harvey, Simon J. Perkins, Paul A. Pope, James P. Theiler, Nancy A. David, and Reid B. Porter "Investigation of automated feature extraction using multiple data sources", Proc. SPIE 5099, Multisensor, Multisource Information Fusion: Architectures, Algorithms, and Applications 2003, (1 April 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.485867

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