A Novel Method for SAR Ship Detection Based on Eigensubspace Projection
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Experimental Data
2.2. CFAR Method
2.3. RPCA Method
2.4. The Proposed Method
2.4.1. Phase Space Matrix Construction
2.4.2. Eigenvalue Decomposition
2.4.3. Image Reconstruction
3. Results
3.1. Evaluation Indicators
3.2. Experimental Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Imaging Mode | Incident Angle (°) | Resolution (m) | Polarization Mode |
---|---|---|---|
Spotlight | 20–50 | 1 | Single polarization |
Strip-map | 20–50 | 3 | Single polarization |
Scene | Sea State | Number of Images |
---|---|---|
Nearshore | 0 | 1 |
1 | 9 | |
2 | 7 | |
3 | 4 | |
Offshore | 1 | 2 |
2 | 2 | |
3 | 2 | |
4 | 4 |
Image | Method | FoM (%) | MR (%) | FR (%) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | RPCA | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 84.62 | 0 | 18.18 |
SP-CFAR | 11 | 0 | 1 | 91.67 | 0 | 9.09 | ||
ESSP | 11 | 0 | 1 | 91.67 | 0 | 9.09 | ||
2 | RPCA | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 50.00 | 0 | 100 |
SP-CFAR | 3 | 0 | 2 | 60.00 | 0 | 66.67 | ||
ESSP | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75.00 | 0 | 33.33 | ||
3 | RPCA | 42 | 40 | 2 | 3 | 88.89 | 4.76 | 7.14 |
SP-CFAR | 41 | 1 | 2 | 93.18 | 2.38 | 4.16 | ||
ESSP | 41 | 1 | 0 | 97.61 | 2.38 | 0 | ||
4 | RPCA | 20 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 86.36 | 5.00 | 10.00 |
SP-CFAR | 19 | 1 | 1 | 90.48 | 5.00 | 10.00 | ||
ESSP | 20 | 0 | 1 | 95.23 | 0 | 5.00 |
Method | FoM (%) | MR (%) | FR (%) | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
RPCA | 77.47 | 2.44 | 33.83 | 84.35 |
SP-CFAR | 83.83 | 1.85 | 21.23 | 198.24 |
ESSP | 89.87 | 0.59 | 11.86 | 21.37 |
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Shu, G.; Chang, J.; Lu, J.; Wang, Q.; Li, N. A Novel Method for SAR Ship Detection Based on Eigensubspace Projection. Remote Sens. 2022, 14, 3441. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14143441
Shu G, Chang J, Lu J, Wang Q, Li N. A Novel Method for SAR Ship Detection Based on Eigensubspace Projection. Remote Sensing. 2022; 14(14):3441. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14143441
Chicago/Turabian StyleShu, Gaofeng, Jiahui Chang, Jing Lu, Qing Wang, and Ning Li. 2022. "A Novel Method for SAR Ship Detection Based on Eigensubspace Projection" Remote Sensing 14, no. 14: 3441. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14143441