De-striping hyperspectral imagery using wavelet transform and adaptive frequency domain filtering

Abstract

Hyperspectral imagers are built line-by-line similar to images acquired by pushbroom sensors. They can experience striping artifacts due to variations in detector response to incident imagery. In this research, a method for hyperspectral image de-striping based on wavelet analysis and adaptive Fourier zero-frequency amplitude normalization has been developed. The algorithm was tested against three other de-striping algorithms. Hyperspectral image bands of different scenes with significant striping and random noise, as well as an image with simulated noise, were used in the testing. The results were assessed visually and quantitatively using frequency domain Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR), Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) and/or Peak Signal-to-Ratio (PSNR). The results demonstrated the superiority of our proposed algorithm in de-striping hyperspectral images without introducing unwanted artifacts, yet preserving image details. In the noise-induced image results, the proposed method reduced RMSE error and improved PSNR by 3.5 dB which is better than other tested methods. A Combined method, integrating the proposed algorithm with a generic wavelet-based de-noising algorithm, showed significant random noise suppression in addition to stripe reduction with a PSNR value of 4.3 dB. These findings make the algorithm a candidate for practical implementation on remote sensing images including high resolution hyperspectral images contaminated with stripe and random noise.