Convolutional neural network approach for buried target recognition in FL-LWIR imagery

K. Stone; J. M. Keller

doi:10.1117/12.2049958

29 May 2014 Convolutional neural network approach for buried target recognition in FL-LWIR imagery

K. Stone, J. M. Keller

Proceedings Volume 9072, Detection and Sensing of Mines, Explosive Objects, and Obscured Targets XIX; 907219 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2049958
Event: SPIE Defense + Security, 2014, Baltimore, MD, United States

Abstract

A convolutional neural network (CNN) approach to recognition of buried explosive hazards in forward-looking long-wave infrared (FL-LWIR) imagery is presented. The convolutional filters in the first layer of the network are learned in the frequency domain, making enforcement of zero-phase and zero-dc response characteristics much easier. The spatial domain representations of the filters are forced to have unit l2 norm, and penalty terms are added to the online gradient descent update to encourage orthonormality among the convolutional filters, as well smooth first and second order derivatives in the spatial domain. The impact of these modifications on the generalization performance of the CNN model is investigated. The CNN approach is compared to a second recognition algorithm utilizing shearlet and log-gabor decomposition of the image coupled with cell-structured feature extraction and support vector machine classification. Results are presented for multiple FL-LWIR data sets recently collected from US Army test sites. These data sets include vehicle position information allowing accurate transformation between image and world coordinates and realistic evaluation of detection and false alarm rates.

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K. Stone and J. M. Keller "Convolutional neural network approach for buried target recognition in FL-LWIR imagery", Proc. SPIE 9072, Detection and Sensing of Mines, Explosive Objects, and Obscured Targets XIX, 907219 (29 May 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2049958

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