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Waterline Extraction Based on Superpixels and Region Merging for SAR Images

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Communications, Signal Processing, and Systems (CSPS 2019)

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Waterline extraction is of importance for safe navigation and environment protection. However, the existing pixel-based method failed to get accurate edges due to the similar features between land and interference. This paper proposes a minimum ratio with the mean and standard variation as similarity measure, and presents an improved region merging criterion which based on superpixels for waterline extraction. Utilizing the Envisat and Radarsat images, experiments show the proposed method can effectively extract the waterline and demonstrate better performance in contrast with some existing pixel-based algorithms.

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  1. Information Science and Technology College, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, 116026, Liaoning, China

    Xige Liu, Xiaofei Shi & Zhigang Wang

  2. Information Engineering College, Dalian University, Dalian, 116622, Liaoning, China

    Li Li

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  1. Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA

    Qilian Liang

  2. College of Electronic and Communication Engineering, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China

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  3. School of Information and Communication Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, Liaoning, China

    Xin Liu

  4. School of Information Science and Technology, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, Liaoning, China

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  5. School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China

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  6. College of Physical and Electronic Information, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China

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Liu, X., Shi, X., Wang, Z., Li, L. (2020). Waterline Extraction Based on Superpixels and Region Merging for SAR Images. In: Liang, Q., Wang, W., Liu, X., Na, Z., Jia, M., Zhang, B. (eds) Communications, Signal Processing, and Systems. CSPS 2019. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 571. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9409-6_300

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