Summary of Local Background Estimation For Improved Gas Plume Identification in Hyperspectral Images, by Scout Jarman et al.
Local Background Estimation for Improved Gas Plume Identification in Hyperspectral Images
by Scout Jarman, Zigfried Hampel-Arias, Adra Carr, Kevin R. Moon
First submitted to arxiv on: 23 Jan 2024
Categories
- Main: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary Deep learning models have shown potential for identifying gas plumes in urban scenes using longwave IR hyperspectral images, especially when a large library of gases is considered. However, estimating the signal from detected plumes can be challenging due to similar spectral signatures among many gases. Typically, global mean spectrum and covariance matrix estimation whitens the plume’s signal, removing background signature from gas signature. Urban scenes’ heterogeneity in spatially and spectrally varied background materials can lead to poor identification performance when global estimates are not representative of local backgrounds. Our method uses image segmentation and an iterative algorithm to create local estimates for various background materials under a gas plume, outperforming global estimation on simulated and real plumes. This approach shows promise in increasing deep learning identification confidence while being simple and easy to tune. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper is about using special computer models to find hidden signs of gases in urban areas from very detailed images. These signs are hard to spot because many gases have similar patterns, so we need to remove the background noise before finding the gas signal. Normally, this means looking at the whole scene and trying to figure out what’s going on everywhere. But cities have lots of different materials that make up their scenery, which can be very different in each spot. This makes it hard for computers to find the right signs because they’re not always used to seeing what’s underneath the gas plume. The researchers in this paper came up with a new way to break down the scene into smaller parts and figure out what’s going on in each one, which helps them find the gas plumes better. This might help us be more sure when we think we’ve found something. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Deep learning » Image segmentation
