Paper Info
Title
On shape from shading and SAR images: An overview and a new perspective
Abstract
In this paper, we first discuss some general problems and issues concerning Shape from Shading (SfS) from Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images and present the state of the art. Starting from this general discussion, we propose a new perspective and introduce a novel approach to SAR SfS based on fractals. In particular, fractal geometry is used to model the shape of natural surfaces, which are here of concern. The scattering mechanisms are described through solutions suitable for fractal surface models; in particular, the Small Perturbation Method (SPM) is used. Considering a simple SAR image model, the forward model is then inverted via an appropriate and extremely low-computational inversion approach and the underlying topography is estimated. The proposed SAR SfS technique is tested and numerically evaluated using an actual SAR image.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6946680
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
Keywords
Field
DocType
geophysical image processing,geophysical techniques,radar imaging,remote sensing by radar,synthetic aperture radar,SAR SfS technique,SAR image model,Shape from Shading image,fractal geometry,fractal surface models,natural surface shape,small perturbation method,synthetic aperture radar,Synthetic Aperture Radar,digital elevation model,fractals,shape from shading
Radar engineering details,Computer vision,Radar imaging,Interferometric synthetic aperture radar,Computer science,Synthetic aperture radar,Side looking airborne radar,Remote sensing,Fractal,Inverse synthetic aperture radar,Artificial intelligence,Photometric stereo
Conference
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
2153-6996
1
0.37
References 
Authors
7
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Gerardo Di Martino19624.43
Alessio Di Simone2185.86
Antonio Iodice345373.07
Daniele Riccio4781118.99
Giuseppe Ruello516436.57
Gerardo Di Martino611712.23
Di Simone, A.710.37