Radiometrically correct sharpening of multispectral images using a panchromatic image

Tim J. Patterson; Michael E. Bullock

doi:10.1117/12.181023

29 July 1994 Radiometrically correct sharpening of multispectral images using a panchromatic image

Tim J. Patterson, Michael E. Bullock

Proceedings Volume 2234, Automatic Object Recognition IV; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.181023
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Engineering and Photonics in Aerospace Sensing, 1994, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

With the advent of a panchromatic band on the enhanced thematic mapper (ETM) sensor, the interest in sharpening techniques for multispectral imagery has substantially increased. Previous work has been performed to increase the spatial resolution of multispectral imagery by combining it with a higher spatial resolution broad band panchromatic source. While these techniques resulted in a sharper multispectral image, they limited the extent to which the spectral information could be used. In this paper, we describe a technique that employs pseudoinverse estimation to generate a sharpened multispectral image. This technique provides the minimum mean squared error estimate of the sharpened spectral signatures given the information available from the panchromatic and multispectral sensors. The resulting radiometrically correct sharpened image is useful for various types of spectral analysis such as spectral classification, demixing, and detection. We then present the results of a quantitative evaluation of the processing technique in various operating modes as well as the results of a qualitative evaluation from analysts using MSI for mapping purposes.

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Tim J. Patterson and Michael E. Bullock "Radiometrically correct sharpening of multispectral images using a panchromatic image", Proc. SPIE 2234, Automatic Object Recognition IV, (29 July 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.181023

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