Precise co-registration of very high resolution optical images by registration-noise estimation

Youkyung Han, Francesca Bovolo, Lorenzo Bruzzone

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Abstract

Very High Resolution (VHR) multitemporal images show a residual misalignment even after applying effective state of the art co-registration. This residual misalignment is caused by the dissimilarities of the acquisition circumstances such as off-nadir angle of the sensor, stability of the acquisition platform, structure of the considered scene, and so on. This paper aims at mitigating the residual misalignment of VHR multitemporal images to get a fine co-registration result. Here we propose to use Registration Noise (RN), which represents misaligned samples, for refining co-registration. After standard co-registration, a local analysis of RN pixels is fulfilled for extracting Control Points (CPs) and matching them according to the amount of the RN pixels. Matched CPs are employed for generating a deformation map to warp one image to the other image. Experiments carried out on both simulated and real multitemporal VHR images acquired by QuickBird sensors confirm the validity of the analysis and effectiveness of the proposed method.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2015 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2015 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages4232-4235
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781479979295
DOIs
StatePublished - 10 Nov 2015
EventIEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2015 - Milan, Italy
Duration: 26 Jul 201531 Jul 2015

Publication series

NameInternational Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
Volume2015-November

Conference

ConferenceIEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2015
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityMilan
Period26/07/1531/07/15

Keywords

  • change vector analysis
  • image co-registration
  • Registration noise
  • very high resolution images

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