The invention discloses a
wavelet-
decomposition-based SAR image change detecting
algorithm of a multi-scale
level set, and belongs to the field of
remote sensing image processing. The
wavelet-
decomposition-based SAR image change detecting
algorithm mainly solves the problem that a
speckle noise effect is serious in an SAR image change detecting process. The
wavelet-
decomposition-based SAR image change detecting
algorithm is implemented in the following steps that (1) a difference image of two registered SAR images in the same region and at different time phases is obtained by adopting logarithm ratio operators; (2) multilayer
wavelet decomposition is conducted on the difference image through SWT so as to obtain images with different resolution ratios; (3) the images with the
low resolution ratios are preliminarily segmented through a
level set algorithm, and the outlines of obtained segmented images are used as initialization curves of the
level set algorithm of the images with the higher resolution ratios; (4) the step (3) is repeated in a layer-by-layer mode until final segmented images are obtained by conducting
level set segmentation on the images with the
high resolution ratios. According to the wavelet-decomposition-based SAR image change detecting algorithm, the multi-scale application overcomes the defect that a closed curve is prone to getting into
local optimum in a level set evolutionary process, and robustness on
noise is enhanced; the wavelet-decomposition-based SAR image change detecting algorithm is applied to change detecting of the SAR images, the detecting effect and detecting accuracy are improved obviously, and the change detecting process is accelerated.