The present invention discloses an
underwater target rapid extraction method for side-scan
sonar imaging. The method can perform real-time analysis on a side-scan
sonar image and quickly extract an
underwater target. According to the method, adaptive non-linear complex
diffusion model filtering is performed on a side-scan
sonar image of which the multiplicative noises are prominent, so that a
noise problem in the side-scan sonar image can be improved; the de-noised sonar image is pre-segmented, and the target region,
seabed reverberation region and shade region of the side-scan sonar image are automatically determined; the contours of the pre-segmentation results are redefined, so that time for constantly re-defining an initial
level set in
level set model evolution can be decreased in a segmentation process; a variation
level set model-based evolution and segmentation are performed on the target region and the shade region; and binarization is performed on a target to be extracted, clear segmentation results of the three regions are displayed for an operator. According to the
underwater target rapid extraction method for the side-scan
sonar imaging of the invention, target extraction is performed on a real-time side-scan sonar, and therefore, the method has the advantages of high detection real-time performance, high detection stability and high accuracy, provides a reliable guarantee for underwater detection and target tracking.