Improving spectral fidelity of WorldView-2 image fusion via a constrained generalized intensity-hue-saturation model with localized weight structure through land cover classification

Minhe Ji; Wen Chen; Wei Wang

doi:10.1117/1.JRS.6.061707

17 December 2012 Improving spectral fidelity of WorldView-2 image fusion via a constrained generalized intensity-hue-saturation model with localized weight structure through land cover classification

Minhe Ji, Wen Chen, Wei Wang

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Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, Vol. 6, Issue 1, 061707 (December 2012). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JRS.6.061707

Abstract

Applications of the intensity-hue-saturation (IHS) based image fusion techniques in resource inventory and environmental monitoring are usually hampered by considerable spectral distortion in the spatially enhanced image. The image transform model needs to be regulated via a proper design of the weight structure and controlling parameters to achieve a better spectral fidelity. Use of localized weight estimation and an output constraint to modify the generalized intensity-hue-saturation transform (GIHS) for the purpose of rectifying digital numbers of the fused image back to their original counterparts are proposed. The weight localization was achieved via land cover classification of the multispectral data, and the spectral constraint was constructed using a ratio between individual spectral bands stratified with each land cover type and the modified image intensity value. This method was compared both spatially and spectrally with the traditional IHS and the GIHS that has a weight structure induced from the sensor's spectral response characteristics. Experiments with WorldView-2 multispectral and panchromatic data indicated that the new image fusion approach achieved the highest level of spectral fidelity with enhancement of spatial details comparable to the other IHS-based methods.

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Minhe Ji, Wen Chen, and Wei Wang "Improving spectral fidelity of WorldView-2 image fusion via a constrained generalized intensity-hue-saturation model with localized weight structure through land cover classification," Journal of Applied Remote Sensing 6(1), 061707 (17 December 2012). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JRS.6.061707

Published: 17 December 2012

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