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 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 Recognition of Handwritten Digit using Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)

2019 ◽  
pp. 27-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Anwar Hossain ◽  
Md. Mohon Ali
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Neural Networks ◽  
Computer Vision ◽  
Convolutional Neural Network ◽  
Convolutional Neural Networks ◽  
Human Vision ◽  
Training Time ◽  
The World ◽  
Handwritten Digit

Humans can see and visually sense the world around them by using their eyes and brains. Computer vision works on enabling computers to see and process images in the same way that human vision does. Several algorithms developed in the area of computer vision to recognize images. The goal of our work will be to create a model that will be able to identify and determine the handwritten digit from its image with better accuracy. We aim to complete this by using the concepts of Convolutional Neural Network and MNIST dataset. We will also show how MatConvNet can be used to implement our model with CPU training as well as less training time. Though the goal is to create a model which can recognize the digits, we can extend it for letters and then a person’s handwriting. Through this work, we aim to learn and practically apply the concepts of Convolutional Neural Networks.

Small aircraft detection using deep learning

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emre Kiyak ◽  
Gulay Unal
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Neural Networks ◽  
Deep Learning ◽  
Convolutional Neural Network ◽  
Transfer Learning ◽  
Convolutional Neural Networks ◽  
Fine Tuning ◽  
Deep Convolutional Neural Networks ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Training Time

Purpose The paper aims to address the tracking algorithm based on deep learning and four deep learning tracking models developed. They compared with each other to prevent collision and to obtain target tracking in autonomous aircraft. Design/methodology/approach First, to follow the visual target, the detection methods were used and then the tracking methods were examined. Here, four models (deep convolutional neural networks (DCNN), deep convolutional neural networks with fine-tuning (DCNNFN), transfer learning with deep convolutional neural network (TLDCNN) and fine-tuning deep convolutional neural network with transfer learning (FNDCNNTL)) were developed. Findings The training time of DCNN took 9 min 33 s, while the accuracy percentage was calculated as 84%. In DCNNFN, the training time of the network was calculated as 4 min 26 s and the accuracy percentage was 91%. The training of TLDCNN) took 34 min and 49 s and the accuracy percentage was calculated as 95%. With FNDCNNTL, the training time of the network was calculated as 34 min 33 s and the accuracy percentage was nearly 100%. Originality/value Compared to the results in the literature ranging from 89.4% to 95.6%, using FNDCNNTL, better results were found in the paper.

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 A Lightweight Convolutional Neural Network Based on Channel Multi-Group Fusion for Remote Sensing Scene Classification

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Cuiping Shi ◽  
Xinlei Zhang ◽  
Liguo Wang
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Neural Networks ◽  
Convolutional Neural Network ◽  
Convolutional Neural Networks ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
Classification Performance ◽  
Semantic Features ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Group Fusion

With the development of remote sensing scene image classification, convolutional neural networks have become the most commonly used method in this field with their powerful feature extraction ability. In order to improve the classification performance of convolutional neural networks, many studies extract deeper features by increasing the depth and width of convolutional neural networks, which improves classification performance but also increases the complexity of the model. To solve this problem, a lightweight convolutional neural network based on channel multi-group fusion (LCNN-CMGF) is presented. For the proposed LCNN-CMGF method, a three-branch downsampling structure was designed to extract shallow features from remote sensing images. In the deep layer of the network, the channel multi-group fusion structure is used to extract the abstract semantic features of remote sensing scene images. The structure solves the problem of lack of information exchange between groups caused by group convolution through channel fusion of adjacent features. The four most commonly used remote sensing scene datasets, UCM21, RSSCN7, AID and NWPU45, were used to carry out a variety of experiments in this paper. The experimental results under the conditions of four datasets and multiple training ratios show that the proposed LCNN-CMGF method has more significant performance advantages than the compared advanced method.

scholarly journals Semantic Segmentation of Remote Sensing Image Based on Convolutional Neural Network and Mask Generation

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Binglin Niu
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Remote Sensing ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Convolutional Neural Network ◽  
Semantic Segmentation ◽  
Layer By Layer ◽  
Foreground Object ◽  
Remote Sensing Images ◽  
Training Time ◽  
High Level

High-resolution remote sensing images usually contain complex semantic information and confusing targets, so their semantic segmentation is an important and challenging task. To resolve the problem of inadequate utilization of multilayer features by existing methods, a semantic segmentation method for remote sensing images based on convolutional neural network and mask generation is proposed. In this method, the boundary box is used as the initial foreground segmentation profile, and the edge information of the foreground object is obtained by using the multilayer feature of the convolutional neural network. In order to obtain the rough object segmentation mask, the general shape and position of the foreground object are estimated by using the high-level features in the process of layer-by-layer iteration. Then, based on the obtained rough mask, the mask is updated layer by layer using the neural network characteristics to obtain a more accurate mask. In order to solve the difficulty of deep neural network training and the problem of degeneration after convergence, a framework based on residual learning was adopted, which can simplify the training of those very deep networks and improve the accuracy of the network. For comparison with other advanced algorithms, the proposed algorithm was tested on the Potsdam and Vaihingen datasets. Experimental results show that, compared with other algorithms, the algorithm in this article can effectively improve the overall precision of semantic segmentation of high-resolution remote sensing images and shorten the overall training time and segmentation time.

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 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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