A multi-band approach to unsupervised scale parameter selection for multi-scale image segmentation

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 94, Issue , 2014, Pages 13-24

  Yang, Jian ^a   Li, Peijun ^b   He, Yuhong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Appropriate scale parameter selection; Multi band; Multi scale segmentation; Object based image analysis; Segmentation evaluation; Spectral angle

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

MULTIBAND; MULTISCALE SEGMENTATION; OBJECT BASED IMAGE ANALYSIS; SCALE PARAMETER; SEGMENTATION EVALUATION; SPECTRAL ANGLES;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

HOMOGENEITY; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE; PARAMETERIZATION; QUICKBIRD; REMOTE SENSING; RESOLUTION; SEGMENTATION;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84899963925     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2014.04.008     Document Type: Article

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