Content-Based Image Retrieval (CBIR) systems are powerful search tools in image databases that have been little applied to hyperspectral images. Relevance Feedback (RF) is an iterative process that uses machine learning techniques and user’s feedback to improve the CBIR systems performance. We pursued to expand previous research in hyperspectral CBIR systems built on dissimilarity functions def...

Hyperspectral data has become a critical tool for use by military analysts and planners. The capture of fine spectral information enables the generation of information products which could not be produced using traditional imaging means. The challenge facing hyperspectral technology, as an operational capability, is with conversion of the raw sensor data into a useful information product that i...

Existing hyperspectral imaging systems produce low spatial resolution images due to hardware constraints. We propose a sparse representation based approach for hyperspectral image super-resolution. The proposed approach first extracts distinct reflectance spectra of the scene from the available hyperspectral image. Then, the signal sparsity, non-negativity and the spatial structure in the scene...

Air-borne and space-borne acquired hyperspectral images are used to recognize objects and to classify materials on the surface of the earth. The state of the art compressor for lossless compression of hyperspectral images is the Spectral oriented Least SQuares (SLSQ) compressor (see [1–7]). In this paper we discuss hyperspectral image compression: we show how to visualize each band of a hypersp...

Hyperspectral remote sensing increases the detectability of pixeland subpixel-sized targets by exploiting the finer detail in the spectral signatures. In this paper, we describe a new unsupervised algorithm for the detection of both full pixel and mixed pixel targets in hyperspectral imagery. The proposed method automatically resolves targets by using extended mathematical morphology operations...

Hyperspectral images are widely used in several real-life applications. In this paper, we investigate on the compression of hyperspectral images by considering different aspects, including the optimization of the computational complexity in order to allow implementations on limited hardware (i.e., hyperspectral sensors, etc.). We present an approach that relies on a three-dimensional predictive...

Hyperspectral imaging and analysis approaches offer accurate detection and quantification of fluorescently-labeled proteins and cells in highly autofluorescent tissues. However, selecting optimum acquisition settings for hyperspectral imaging is often a daunting task. In this study, we compared two hyperspectral systems-a widefield system with acoustic optical tunable filter (AOTF) and charge c...

Hyperspectral images are one of the most important fundamental and strategic information resources, imaging the same ground object with hundreds of spectral bands varying from the ultraviolet to the microwave. With the emergence of huge volumes of high-resolution hyperspectral images produced by all sorts of imaging sensors, processing and analysis of these images requires effective retrieval t...

In this work we propose a hierarchical clustering methodology for hyperspectral data based on the Hotelling’s T 2 statistic. For each hypespectral sample data, the statistical sample mean is calculated using a window-based neighborhood. Then, the pairwise similarities between any two hyperspectral samples are computed in base to the Hotelling’s T 2 statistic. This statistic assumes a Gaussian d...

BACKGROUND/AIM Two-dimensional hyperspectral data systems with enhanced area detection and diagnostic abilities are now available in gastrointestinal endoscopy for colorectal cancer. We evaluated a new hyperspectral system for diagnosis of colorectal cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS A resected-specimen spectrum observation module (stereoscopic macroscope, hyperspectral camera, and xenon lamp) was...