scholarly journals Progressive Cascaded Convolutional Neural Networks for Single Tree Detection with Google Earth Imagery

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (15) ◽  
pp. 1786 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tianyang Dong ◽  
Yuqi Shen ◽  
Jian Zhang ◽  
Yang Ye ◽  
Jing Fan
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Neural Networks ◽  
Feature Extraction ◽  
Convolutional Neural Network ◽  
Google Earth ◽  
Detection Methods ◽  
Remote Sensing Images ◽  
Tree Detection ◽  
Single Tree

High-resolution remote sensing images can not only help forestry administrative departments achieve high-precision forest resource surveys, wood yield estimations and forest mapping but also provide decision-making support for urban greening projects. Many scholars have studied ways to detect single trees from remote sensing images and proposed many detection methods. However, the existing single tree detection methods have many errors of commission and omission in complex scenes, close values on the digital data of the image for background and trees, unclear canopy contour and abnormal shape caused by illumination shadows. To solve these problems, this paper presents progressive cascaded convolutional neural networks for single tree detection with Google Earth imagery and adopts three progressive classification branches to train and detect tree samples with different classification difficulties. In this method, the feature extraction modules of three CNN networks are progressively cascaded, and the network layer in the branches determined whether to filter the samples and feed back to the feature extraction module to improve the precision of single tree detection. In addition, the mechanism of two-phase training is used to improve the efficiency of model training. To verify the validity and practicability of our method, three forest plots located in Hangzhou City, China, Phang Nga Province, Thailand and Florida, USA were selected as test areas, and the tree detection results of different methods, including the region-growing, template-matching, convolutional neural network and our progressive cascaded convolutional neural network, are presented. The results indicate that our method has the best detection performance. Our method not only has higher precision and recall but also has good robustness to forest scenes with different complexity levels. The F1 measure analysis in the three plots was 81.0%, which is improved by 14.5%, 18.9% and 5.0%, respectively, compared with other existing methods.

scholarly journals Superresolution Reconstruction of Remote Sensing Image Based on Middle-Level Supervised Convolutional Neural Network

2022 ◽  
Vol 2022 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Xiu Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Neural Networks ◽  
Feature Extraction ◽  
Image Reconstruction ◽  
Convolutional Neural Network ◽  
Middle Layer ◽  
Remote Sensing Image ◽  
Remote Sensing Images ◽  
Extraction Stage

Image has become one of the important carriers of visual information because of its large amount of information, easy to spread and store, and strong sense of sense. At the same time, the quality of image is also related to the completeness and accuracy of information transmission. This research mainly discusses the superresolution reconstruction of remote sensing images based on the middle layer supervised convolutional neural network. This paper designs a convolutional neural network with middle layer supervision. There are 16 layers in total, and the seventh layer is designed as an intermediate supervision layer. At present, there are many researches on traditional superresolution reconstruction algorithms and convolutional neural networks, but there are few researches that combine the two together. Convolutional neural network can obtain the high-frequency features of the image and strengthen the detailed information; so, it is necessary to study its application in image reconstruction. This article will separately describe the current research status of image superresolution reconstruction and convolutional neural networks. The middle supervision layer defines the error function of the supervision layer, which is used to optimize the error back propagation mechanism of the convolutional neural network to improve the disappearance of the gradient of the deep convolutional neural network. The algorithm training is mainly divided into four stages: the original remote sensing image preprocessing, the remote sensing image temporal feature extraction stage, the remote sensing image spatial feature extraction stage, and the remote sensing image reconstruction output layer. The last layer of the network draws on the single-frame remote sensing image SRCNN algorithm. The output layer overlaps and adds the remote sensing images of the previous layer, averages the overlapped blocks, eliminates the block effect, and finally obtains high-resolution remote sensing images, which is also equivalent to filter operation. In order to allow users to compare the superresolution effect of remote sensing images more clearly, this paper uses the Qt5 interface library to implement the user interface of the remote sensing image superresolution software platform and uses the intermediate layer convolutional neural network and the remote sensing image superresolution reconstruction algorithm proposed in this paper. When the training epoch reaches 35 times, the network has converged. At this time, the loss function converges to 0.017, and the cumulative time is about 8 hours. This research helps to improve the visual effects of remote sensing images.

scholarly journals Single-Tree Detection in High-Resolution Remote-Sensing Images Based on a Cascade Neural Network

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (9) ◽  
pp. 367 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong Tianyang ◽  
Zhang Jian ◽  
Gao Sibin ◽  
Shen Ying ◽  
Fan Jing
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Remote Sensing ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Bp Neural Network ◽  
Detection Method ◽  
Detection Methods ◽  
Remote Sensing Images ◽  
Tree Detection ◽  
Single Tree ◽  
Cascade Neural Network

Traditional single-tree detection methods usually need to set different thresholds and parameters manually according to different forest conditions. As a solution to the complicated detection process for non-professionals, this paper presents a single-tree detection method for high-resolution remote-sensing images based on a cascade neural network. In this method, we firstly calibrated the tree and non-tree samples in high-resolution remote-sensing images to train a classifier with the backpropagation (BP) neural network. Then, we analyzed the differences in the first-order statistic features, such as energy, entropy, mean, skewness, and kurtosis of the tree and non-tree samples. Finally, we used these features to correct the BP neural network model and build a cascade neural network classifier to detect a single tree. To verify the validity and practicability of the proposed method, six forestlands including two areas of oil palm in Thailand, and four areas of small seedlings, red maples, or longan trees in China were selected as test areas. The results from different methods, such as the region-growing method, template-matching method, BP neural network, and proposed cascade-neural-network method were compared considering these test areas. The experimental results show that the single-tree detection method based on the cascade neural network exhibited the highest root mean square of the matching rate (RMS_Rmat = 90%) and matching score (RMS_M = 68) in all the considered test areas.

scholarly journals A Multi-Scale Water Extraction Convolutional Neural Network (MWEN) Method for GaoFen-1 Remote Sensing Images

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongxiang Guo ◽  
Guojin He ◽  
Wei Jiang ◽  
Ranyu Yin ◽  
Lei Yan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Neural Networks ◽  
Convolutional Neural Network ◽  
Water Body ◽  
Semantic Segmentation ◽  
Water Bodies ◽  
Water Extraction ◽  
Remote Sensing Images ◽  
Multi Scale

Automatic water body extraction method is important for monitoring floods, droughts, and water resources. In this study, a new semantic segmentation convolutional neural network named the multi-scale water extraction convolutional neural network (MWEN) is proposed to automatically extract water bodies from GaoFen-1 (GF-1) remote sensing images. Three convolutional neural networks for semantic segmentation (fully convolutional network (FCN), Unet, and Deeplab V3+) are employed to compare with the water bodies extraction performance of MWEN. Visual comparison and five evaluation metrics are used to evaluate the performance of these convolutional neural networks (CNNs). The results show the following. (1) The results of water body extraction in multiple scenes using the MWEN are better than those of the other comparison methods based on the indicators. (2) The MWEN method has the capability to accurately extract various types of water bodies, such as urban water bodies, open ponds, and plateau lakes. (3) By fusing features extracted at different scales, the MWEN has the capability to extract water bodies with different sizes and suppress noise, such as building shadows and highways. Therefore, MWEN is a robust water extraction algorithm for GaoFen-1 satellite images and has the potential to conduct water body mapping with multisource high-resolution satellite remote sensing data.

scholarly journals Water Identification from High-Resolution Remote Sensing Images Based on Multidimensional Densely Connected Convolutional Neural Networks

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 795 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guojie Wang ◽  
Mengjuan Wu ◽  
Xikun Wei ◽  
Huihui Song
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Neural Networks ◽  
Convolutional Neural Network ◽  
Convolutional Neural Networks ◽  
Lake Area ◽  
Remote Sensing Images ◽  
Index Method ◽  
Training Time ◽  
Water Index

The accurate acquisition of water information from remote sensing images has become important in water resources monitoring and protections, and flooding disaster assessment. However, there are significant limitations in the traditionally used index for water body identification. In this study, we have proposed a deep convolutional neural network (CNN), based on the multidimensional densely connected convolutional neural network (DenseNet), for identifying water in the Poyang Lake area. The results from DenseNet were compared with the classical convolutional neural networks (CNNs): ResNet, VGG, SegNet and DeepLab v3+, and also compared with the Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI). Results have indicated that CNNs are superior to the water index method. Among the five CNNs, the proposed DenseNet requires the shortest training time for model convergence, besides DeepLab v3+. The identification accuracies are evaluated through several error metrics. It is shown that the DenseNet performs much better than the other CNNs and the NDWI method considering the precision of identification results; among those, the NDWI performance is by far the poorest. It is suggested that the DenseNet is much better in distinguishing water from clouds and mountain shadows than other CNNs.

scholarly journals WaterNet: A Convolutional Neural Network for Chlorophyll-a Concentration Retrieval

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 1966 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Aldila Syariz ◽  
Chao-Hung Lin ◽  
Manh Van Nguyen ◽  
Lalu Muhamad Jaelani ◽  
Ariel C. Blanco
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Neural Networks ◽  
Convolutional Neural Network ◽  
Chlorophyll A ◽  
Remote Sensing Images ◽  
Two Stage ◽  
Chl A ◽  
The Neural Network

The retrieval of chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) concentrations relies on empirical or analytical analyses, which generally experience difficulties from the diversity of inland waters in statistical analyses and the complexity of radiative transfer equations in analytical analyses, respectively. Previous studies proposed the utilization of artificial neural networks (ANNs) to alleviate these problems. However, ANNs do not consider the problem of insufficient in situ samples during model training, and they do not fully utilize the spatial and spectral information of remote sensing images in neural networks. In this study, a two-stage training is introduced to address the problem regarding sample insufficiency. The neural network is pretrained using the samples derived from an existing Chl-a concentration model in the first stage, and the pretrained model is refined with in situ samples in the second stage. A novel convolutional neural network for Chl-a concentration retrieval called WaterNet is proposed which utilizes both spectral and spatial information of remote sensing images. In addition, an end-to-end structure that integrates feature extraction, band expansion, and Chl-a estimation into the neural network leads to an efficient and effective Chl-a concentration retrieval. In experiments, Sentinel-3 images with the same acquisition days of in situ measurements over Laguna Lake in the Philippines were used to train and evaluate WaterNet. The quantitative analyses show that the two-stage training is more likely than the one-stage training to reach the global optimum in the optimization, and WaterNet with two-stage training outperforms, in terms of estimation accuracy, related ANN-based and band-combination-based Chl-a concentration models.

scholarly journals Convolutional Neural Network for the Semantic Segmentation of Remote Sensing Images

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 200-215
Author(s):  
Muhammad Alam ◽  
Jian-Feng Wang ◽  
Cong Guangpei ◽  
LV Yunrong ◽  
Yuanfang Chen
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Neural Networks ◽  
Image Processing ◽  
Deep Learning ◽  
Semantic Segmentation ◽  
Natural Scene ◽  
Remote Sensing Images ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Target Segmentation

AbstractIn recent years, the success of deep learning in natural scene image processing boosted its application in the analysis of remote sensing images. In this paper, we applied Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) on the semantic segmentation of remote sensing images. We improve the Encoder- Decoder CNN structure SegNet with index pooling and U-net to make them suitable for multi-targets semantic segmentation of remote sensing images. The results show that these two models have their own advantages and disadvantages on the segmentation of different objects. In addition, we propose an integrated algorithm that integrates these two models. Experimental results show that the presented integrated algorithm can exploite the advantages of both the models for multi-target segmentation and achieve a better segmentation compared to these two models.

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