Applications of independent component analysis (ICA) in endmember extraction and abundance quantification for hyperspectral imagery

Jing Wang; Chein-I Chang

doi:10.1117/12.665283

4 May 2006 Applications of independent component analysis (ICA) in endmember extraction and abundance quantification for hyperspectral imagery

Jing Wang, Chein-I Chang

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Proceedings Volume 6233, Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery XII; 623314 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.665283
Event: Defense and Security Symposium, 2006, Orlando (Kissimmee), Florida, United States

Abstract

Independent component analysis (ICA) has shown success in many applications. This paper investigates a new application of the ICA in endmember extraction and abundance quantification for hyperspectral imagery. An endmember is generally referred to as an idealized pure signature for a class whose presence is considered to be rare. When it occurs, it may not appear in large population. In this case, the commonly used principal components analysis (PCA) may not be effective since endmembers usually contribute very little in statistics to data variance. In order to substantiate our findings, an ICA-based approach, called ICA-based abundance quantification algorithm (ICA-AQA) is developed. Three novelties result from our proposed ICA-AQA. First, unlike the commonly used least squares abundance-constrained linear spectral mixture analysis (ACLSMA) which is a 2^nd order statistics-based method, the ICA-AQA is a high order statistics-based technique. Second, due to the use of statistical independence it is generally thought that the ICA cannot be implemented as a constrained method. The ICA-AQA shows otherwise. Third, in order for the ACLSMA to perform abundance quantification, it requires an algorithm to find image endmembers first then followed by an abundance-constrained algorithm for quantification. As opposed to such a two-stage process, the ICAAQA can accomplish endmember extraction and abundance quantification simultaneously in one-shot operation. Experimental results demonstrate that the ICA-AQA performs at least comparably to abundance-constrained methods.

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Jing Wang and Chein-I Chang "Applications of independent component analysis (ICA) in endmember extraction and abundance quantification for hyperspectral imagery", Proc. SPIE 6233, Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery XII, 623314 (4 May 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.665283

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