| A CRITICAL REVIEW OF QUALITY ASSESSMENT PROTOCOLS IN PAN-SHARPENING |
| Paper ID : 1133-SMPR |
| Authors: |
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Shiva Aghapour Maleki *1, hassan ghassemian2 1Image Processing and Information Analysis Laboratory, Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran 2Image Processing and Information Analysis Laboratory, Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran |
| Abstract: |
| Although vast amounts of pan-sharpening methods have been proposed to date, there has been relatively little published on the topic of qualitative and quantitative assessment of the pan-sharpened multispectral (MS) data. Since a high resolution reference MS image is not available, qualitative and quantitative assessments of the spatially enhanced MS image are a much more challenging task in pan-sharpening. Thomas et al. conducted a critical survey of conventional pan-sharpening methods considering remote sensing physics. In this letter, we investigate the effects of physical constraints of satellite sensors on conventional quality assessment protocols. The most popular protocols, which are analysed here, are quality not requiring a reference (QNR), Wald’s protocol, Zhou’s protocol, Khan’s protocol and Ghassemi’s protocol. We will show that the physical constraints can affect the performances of these quality assessment protocols. In doing so, the strengths and weaknesses of such protocols regarding the physical limitations on satellite sensors are discussed. |
| Keywords: |
| Quantitative Assessment, Pan-Sharpening, Image Fusion, Multispectral Image, Panchromatic Image |
| Status : Conditional Accept (Oral Presentation) |
