A mixed fractal/wavelet based approach for characterization of textured remote sensing images

Abstract

One of the problems encountered in the field of remote sensing image characterization, is the choice for the right features. The addition of textures as a discriminating parameter is a good help in the step of segmentation of different zones. The authors present an approach that is a mix between a wavelet multiscale analysis and a fractal characterization, in order to exploit both the main characteristic of the two approaches and to override the limitations of the two techniques. The chain was applied to different textured images showing an improvement respect to other methods based on wavelet transform and fractal approach alone.