Title
Sharpening Of Very High Resolution Images With Spectral Distortion Minimization
Abstract
This work presents a viable solution to the problem of merging a multispectral image with an arbitrary number of bands with a higher-resolution panchromatic observation. The proposed method relies on the generalized Laplacian pyramid, which is a multiscale oversampled structure in which spatial details are mapped on different scales. The goal is to selectively perform spatial-frequencies spectrum substitution from an image to another with the constraint of thoroughly retaining the spectral information of the coarser data. To this end, a vector injection model has been defined: at each pixel, the detail vector to be added is always parallel to the approximation. Furthermore, its components are scaled by factors measuring the ratio of local gains between the multispectral and panchromatic data. Such a model is calculated at a coarser resolution where both types of data are available and extended to the finer resolution by embedding the modulation transfer functions of the multispectral scanner into the multiresolution analysis. In this way, the interband structure model can be extended to the higher resolution without the drawback of the poor enhancement occurring when the model assumes MTFs close to be ideal. Results are presented and discussed on very high resolution QuickBird data of an urban area.
Year
DOI
Venue
2003
10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1293808
IGARSS 2003: IEEE INTERNATIONAL GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING SYMPOSIUM, VOLS I - VII, PROCEEDINGS: LEARNING FROM EARTH'S SHAPES AND SIZES
Keywords
DocType
Citations 
merging,multispectral images,image resolution,physics,remote sensing,flowcharts,spectrum,multiresolution analysis,modulation transfer function,optical transfer function,multispectral imaging,spatial frequency,data types,spatial resolution,pixel
Conference
18
PageRank 
References 
Authors
1.44
1
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Luciano Alparone190180.27
Bruno Aiazzi227527.84
Stefano Baronti355950.87
Andrea Garzelli457441.36