A Novel Method for Sidescan Sonar Image Segmentation

作者：Celik Turgay^*; Tjahjadi Tardi

来源：IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 2011, 36(2): 186-194.

DOI：10.1109/JOE.2011.2107250

• Feature extraction
• k-means clustering
• principal component analysis (PCA)
• seafloor segmentation
• texture analysis
• undecimated discrete wavelet transform (UDWT)

In this paper, we propose a novel unsupervised algorithm for segmenting sidescan sonar images of seafloor. The proposed algorithm does not make any a priori assumption on the nature of the input sidescan sonar image. The algorithm first constructs a multiresolution representation of the input image using the forward and inverse undecimated discrete wavelet transform (UDWT). A feature vector is then extracted for each pixel using both intra-resolution and inter-resolution data. The dimensionality of each feature vector is reduced using principal component analysis (PCA). The feature vectors are then clustered into disjoint clusters using k-means clustering. The number of clusters is estimated automatically. Experimental results on real sonar images confirm the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.

• 出版日期2011-4