Visual Interpretation of SAR Images. (Visuele Interpretatie van SAR Beelden)

Abstract

SAR images are difficult to interpret for non-trained persons because these images are fundamentally different from optical images. The goal of the project was to find out how SAR images should be displayed in order to facilitate the interpretation of these images for terrain interpretation and target acquisition. This project was a combined effort by TNO-FEL and TNO-TM. In the project polarimetric PHARUS images and high resolution RAMSES images were used for two experiments where people were tested for their ability to find targets and to interpret the terrain. The PHARUS data were displayed in grey tones and false colours. The false colours were obtained by displaying two or more polarisation channels in the colour channels of the screen. In this way a single, two and three channel presentation was obtained. The experiments showed that the two-channel presentation is more effective than the single channel presentation for visual interpretation of the images. The three-channel presentation did not improve the scores of the experiments significantly. This result is important when a SAR is used on a UAV, since it is clearly easier to mount a two-channel than a three-channel SAR on a UAV.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA372734

Entities

People

  • A. C. Van Den Broek
  • A. J. Smith
  • A. Toet
  • T. Lourens

Organizations

  • Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Computers
  • Data Sets
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Digital Image Processing
  • Digital Images
  • False Alarms
  • Image Processing
  • Images
  • Optical Images
  • Radar
  • Remote Sensing
  • Remotely Piloted Vehicles
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar
  • Target Acquisition
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
  • Radar Systems Engineering.