Automatic subbottom characterization based on visual features

  • Authors:
  • Cristian Molder;Mircea Boscoianu;Mihai I. Stanciu;Iulian C. Vizitiu

  • Affiliations:
  • Military Technical Academy, Department of Electronics and Informatics, Bucharest, Romania;Military Technical Academy, Department of Electronics and Informatics, Bucharest, Romania;Military Technical Academy, Department of Electronics and Informatics, Bucharest, Romania;Military Technical Academy, Department of Electronics and Informatics, Bucharest, Romania

  • Venue:
  • VIS'08 Proceedings of the 1st WSEAS international conference on Visualization, imaging and simulation
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

The ocean subbottom characterization is based mainly on the processing of a received echo from a sonar based equipment. This signal is further analysed by a geologist in order to visually characterize the sediment type. No automatic processing is actually implemented and, therefore, the classification process is difficult and time consuming. In this article we propose a semiautomatic classification based in pseudoimages created from the acoustic signals. An a priori classification of sediments based on their visual artifacts is made. Two main features are extracted and used as inputs for a subbottom classifier. Experimental data and results as well as further improvements are presented.