Tracking cables in sonar and optical imagery

The classical paradigm of line and curve detection in images, as prescribed by the Hough transform, breaks down in cluttered and noisy imagery. In this paper we present an "upgraded" and ultimately more robust approach to line detection in images. The classical approach to line detection i...

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Main Authors: Isaacs, Jason C, Goroshin, R
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
anisotropic diffusion
Anisotropic magnetoresistance
Edge detection
Feature extraction
Hough transform
Image edge detection
Image segmentation
line detection
phase symmetry
Power cables
Smoothing methods
Transforms
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Summary:The classical paradigm of line and curve detection in images, as prescribed by the Hough transform, breaks down in cluttered and noisy imagery. In this paper we present an "upgraded" and ultimately more robust approach to line detection in images. The classical approach to line detection in imagery is low-pass filtering, followed by edge detection, followed by the application of the Hough transform. Peaks in the Hough transform correspond to straight line segments in the image. In our approach we replace low pass filtering by anisotropic diffusion; we replace edge detection by phase analysis of frequency components; and finally, lines corresponding to peaks in the Hough transform are statistically analyzed to reveal the most prominent and likely line segments (especially if the line thickness is known a priori) in the context of sampling distributions. The technique is demonstrated on real and synthetic aperture sonar (SAS) imagery.
ISSN:1550-5219
2332-5615
DOI:10.1109/AIPR.2010.5759686