A CFAR detection algorithm for generalized gamma distributed background in high-resolution SAR images

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 806-810

  Qin, Xianxiang ^a   Zhou, Shilin ^a   Zou, Huanxin ^a   Gao, Gui ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Constant false alarm rate (CFAR); generalized gamma distribution (G D); method of log cumulants (MoLC); synthetic aperture radar (SAR)

Indexed keywords

CFAR ALGORITHMS; CFAR DETECTION; CLOSED-FORM EXPRESSION; CONSTANT FALSE ALARM RATE; CONSTANT FALSE ALARM RATE DETECTIONS; DETECTION THRESHOLD; FALSE ALARM RATE; GENERALIZED GAMMA; GENERALIZED GAMMA DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RESOLUTION SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; HIGH-RESOLUTION SAR; INCOMPLETE GAMMA FUNCTIONS; METHOD OF LOG CUMULANTS (MOLC); WEIBULL;

ALARM SYSTEMS; ALGORITHMS; ERRORS; SIGNAL DETECTION; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 84874660386     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2012.2224317     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. L. M. Novak, G. J. Owirka, and C. M. Netishen, "Performance of a high-resolution polarimetric SAR automatic target recognition system," Linc. Lab. J., vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 11-24, Spring 1993.
2. L. M. Novak, G. J. Owirka, W. S. Brower, and A. L. Weaver, "The automatic target-recognition system in SAIP," Linc. Lab. J., vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 187-202, 1997.
3. W. C. Phillips, "SAR image understanding: High speed target detection and site model based exploitation," Ph.D. dissertation, Univ. Maryland, College Park, MD, 1998.
4. S. Kuttikkad and R. Chellappa, "Non-Gaussian CFAR techniques for target detection in high resolution SAR images," in Proc. IEEE ICIP, 1994, vol. 1, pp. 910-914.
5. M. E. Smith and P. K. Varshney, "VI-CFAR: A novel CFAR algorithm based on data variability," in Proc. IEEE Nat. Radar Conf., Syracuse, NY, 1997, pp. 263-268.
6. G. Gao, L. Liu, L. Zhao, G. Shi, and G. Kuang, "An adaptive and fast CFAR algorithm based on automatic censoring for target detection in high-resolution SAR image," IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., vol. 47, no. 6, pp. 1685-1697, Jun. 2009.
7. S. Erfanian and V. T. Vakili, "Introducing excision switching-CFAR in K distributed sea clutter," Signal Process., vol. 89, no. 6, pp. 1023-1031, Jun. 2009.
8. A-modelled SAR imagery," EURASIP J. Appl. Signal Process., vol. 2002, no. 1, pp. 105-114, Jan. 2002.
9. A distribution case," J. Stat. Comput. Simul., vol. 76, no. 11, pp. 941-956, Nov. 2006.
10. R. Ravid and N. Levanon, "Maximum-likehood CFAR for Weibull background," Proc. Inst. Elect. Eng.-F Radar Signal Process., vol. 139, no. 3, pp. 256-264, Jun. 1992.
11. C. Wang, M. Liao, and X. Li, "Ship detection in SAR image based on the alpha-stable distribution," Sensors, vol. 8, no. 8, pp. 4948-4960, Aug. 2008.
12. M. Liao, C. Wang, Y. Wang, and L. Jiang, "Using SAR images to detect ships from sea clutter," IEEE Geosci. Remote Sens. Lett., vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 194-198, Apr. 2008.
13. H. C. Li, W. Hong, Y. R. Wu, and P. Z. Fan, "On the empirical-statistical modeling of SAR images with generalized gamma distribution," IEEE J. Sel. Top. Signal Process., vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 386-397, Jun. 2011.
14. E. W. Stacy, "A generalization of the gamma distribution," Ann. Math. Stat., vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 1187-1192, Sep. 1962.
15. J. M. Nicolas, "Introduction to second kind statistic: Application of logmoments and log-cumulants to SAR image law analysis," Traitement du Signal, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 139-167, 2002, Stian Normann Anfinsen (translator).
16. M. Abramowitz and L. A. Stegun, Handbook of Mathematical Functions. New York: Dover, 1972.
17. H. Urkowitz, "Hansen's method applied to the inversion of the incomplete gamma function, with applications," IEEE Trans. Aerosp. Electron. Syst., vol. AES-21, no. 5, pp. 728-731, Sep. 1985.
18. M. Dohler and M. Arndt, "Inverse incomplete gamma function and its application," Electron. Lett., vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 46-47, Jan. 2006.
19. A. C. Frery, H. J. Muller, C. C. F. Yanasse, and S. J. S. Sant'Anna, "A model for extremely heterogeneous clutter," IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., vol. 35, no. 3, pp. 648-659, May 1997.
20. M. D. DeVore and J. A. O'Sullivan, "Quantitative statistical assessment of conditional models for synthetic aperture radar," IEEE Trans. Image Process., vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 113-125, Feb. 2004.