Texture-based discrimination of man-made and natural objects in sidescan sonar imagery

Ronald T. Kessel

doi:10.1117/12.487321

25 August 2003 Texture-based discrimination of man-made and natural objects in sidescan sonar imagery

Ronald T. Kessel

Proceedings Volume 5096, Signal Processing, Sensor Fusion, and Target Recognition XII; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.487321
Event: AeroSense 2003, 2003, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

High-resolution sidescan sonars are often used in underwater warfare for large-area surveys of the seafloor in the search for sea mines. Much effort has gone toward the automatic detection of sea mines. In its more advanced forms, such auto-detection entails pattern recognition: the automatic assignment of class labels (target/non-target) to signatures according to their distinctive features. This paper demonstrates a texture-based feature for automatically discriminating between man-made and natural objects. Real sonar data is used, and the demonstration includes performance estimates in the form of the receiver-operator characteristic (ROC) curves necessary (though often omitted) for evaluating detectors for operational use. The merits of redefining the allowable automatic responses-from the classes of mine targets ultimately sought, to the class of man-made objects more generally-are reviewed from both the pattern-recognition and operational perspectives.

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Ronald T. Kessel "Texture-based discrimination of man-made and natural objects in sidescan sonar imagery", Proc. SPIE 5096, Signal Processing, Sensor Fusion, and Target Recognition XII, (25 August 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.487321

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