Learning Objective of Module 9
“Image Processing –Conversion”
Objective
To learn about various image conversion and
manipulation techniques for better analysis and
interpretation by understanding the physics of
colors and features.
Outline of Module 9
“Image Processing –Conversion”
Contents:
1.Types of Image Conversion
2.Image Enhancement
3.Color Display
4.Spatial filtering
5.Normalized Difference vegetation Index (NDVI)
6.Principal Component Analysis
7.Textural Analysis
Color Mixing:
XYZ Color System
780
X
Y
380
780
380
780
380
xLd
yLd
zLd Z
= constant
L() : spectral irradiance
of standard illumination
() : spectral reflectance
of sample
Color Mixing:
XYZ Color System
In 1931,
the CIE ( Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage)
developed the
XYZ color system
Tri-chromatic co-ordinates
X
x
X Y Z
Y
X Y Z
y
Y corresponds brightness
(x,y) corresponds hue and
satuartion
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Color Representation:
Munsell Color System
white
black
Color Space Conversion:
RGB to HSI
Colors in HSI can be derived with respect to
normalized RGB values as ……
The above equations need corrections with the following…
·H = (360
o
- H) if (B/I) > (G/I) and H is normalized by H = H/360
o
·H is not defined if S = 0
·S is undefined if I = 0
Color Composite
Mixing two colors
additively leads
to a lighter color
Mixing two colors
substractively leads
to a darker color
G B
Y C
M
Additive Composite
R
Subtractive Composite
Natural Color and
Infrared Color Composite
Natural Color Red : Green : Blue = Red : Green : Blue
water
forest
bare
land
city
Landsat ETM+ Imagery
Natural Color and
Infrared Color Composite
Infrared Color Red : Green : Blue = IR : Red : Green
water
forest
bare
land
city
Landsat ETM+ Imagery
Pseudo Color Display
Different colors may be assigned to the subdivided
gray scale of a single image. Such a color allocation
is called pseudo-color
Greyscale
Rainbow Blue-Green-Red-Yellow
EOS-A
Example: Pseudo Color
Grey Scale
Landsat ETM+ Band3
Example:
Pseudo Color
Pseudo color Blue-Green-Red-Yellow
Landsat ETM+ Band3
Photoshop for Color Display
Red (NIR)
Green (Red)
Blue (Green)
RGB image
4. Spatial filtering
Major spatial filters
Filter 3 x 3 operator effects
Sobel
A B
1
A
2
1
or
0
0
0
A
2
B
2
where,
1 1 2
2
B
0 0
1
1 2
1
0
1
gradient
(finite
differences)
Prewitt
A B
1
A
1
1
or
0
0
0
A
2
B
2
where,
1 1 1
1
B
0 0
1
1 1
Examples of Enhanced Image
ASTER
imagery Median Laplacian
after applying 3 x 3 filter
Sharpen Sobel
R G B = NIR : Red : Green
5. Normalized Difference
Vegetation Index (NDVI)
NDVI
NDVI can be defined as,
NIR R
NIR R
NIR : near infrared band
R : red band
Image Credit: Earth Observatory, NASA
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
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Example of NDVI
World NDVI for 2001 from Terra-MODIS
Animation made using data from “Introductory MODIS multi-disciplinary data-set” by NASA
Example of PCA for
multi-channel images
PCA on first 6 bands of Landsat ETM+ Imagery
R G B = NIR : RED : Green
Example of PCA for
multi-channel images
PCA on first 6 bands of Landsat ETM+ Imagery
PC 3 PC 1
corresponds
to brightness
PC 2
corresponds
to greenness
Example of PCA for
multi-channel images
PCA on first 6 bands of Landsat ETM+ Imagery
R G B
PC 1 2 3
7. Texture Analysis
Density and Pattern
Densely spaced
paddy fields
Sparsely spaced
paddy fields
ASTER imagery R G B = NIR : Red : Green
Examples of classification
with textural analysis
After textural classification
for bush density
Airphoto of bushes
Red -> Orange -> yellow -> Green -> Blue
Low High