Sidescan Sonar Image Enchancementusing A Decomposition Based On Orthogonal Functions. Applications With Chebyshev Polynomials

P. Cervenka, C. de Moustier
OCEANS 91 Proceedings  
A method is presented to remove from sidescan sonar images of the seafloor, artifacts that are clearly unrelated to the backscattering properties of the seafloor. A spectral analysis performed on a ping by ping basis proved to be well suited to the problem. The technique relies on a decomposition using Chebyshev polynomials. This stochastic method does not require a priori knowledge of deterministic parameters. It deals with the low spatial frequency components of the image whose wavelengths
more » ... not very small compared to the swath width. Applications to sidescan sonar images obtained with the SeaMARC LI system are presented. 0-7803-0202-8/91/0000-0932$1.000199 1 EEE
doi:10.1109/oceans.1991.628033 fatcat:exwfelz2p5gtrk3vz7kkw5mitu