Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 49, Issue 5, 20201010(2020)

An improved Capsule and its application in target recognition of SAR images

Zhang Panpan1...2,3,4,5,*, Luo Haibo1,2,4,5, Ju Moran1,2,3,4,5, Hui Bin1,2,4,5, and Chang Zheng1,2,45 |Show fewer author(s)
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    Structure of Capsule unit
    Layers of reconstruction of Capsule network
    Structure of original Capsule network and improved Capsule network
    Optical images and their corresponding MSTAR SAR images for (a) and (b) BMP2, BTR70, T72, BTR60, and 2S1; (c) and (d) BRDM2, D7, T62, ZIL131, and ZSU23/4
    Reconstruction result of improved Capsule. (a) Original image,(b) Target image and (c) Reconstruction image
    Reconstruction error curve and training loss curve of improved Capsule network. (a) Reconstruction error curve and (b) training loss curve
    • Table 1. Performance comparison of improved Capsule network and Capsule network

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      Table 1. Performance comparison of improved Capsule network and Capsule network

      Model size (parameters)Training_time/epochBFLOPs
      Capsule33.73 M2 min 8 s33.519
      Improved Capsule21.65 M1 min 3 s1.078
    • Table 2. Raw SAR dataset for training and testing in experiment

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      Table 2. Raw SAR dataset for training and testing in experiment

      ClassBMP2sn-9563BTR70T72sn-132BTR602S1BRDM2D7T62ZIL131ZSU23/4
      Train samples( ) 117117116128150149150150150150
      Test samples( ) 195196196195274274274273274274
    • Table 3. Confusion matrix of 10-class target recognition results of Capsule network(recognition rate: 98.48%)

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      Table 3. Confusion matrix of 10-class target recognition results of Capsule network(recognition rate: 98.48%)

      ClassBMP2sn-9563BTR70T72sn-132BTR602S1BRDM2D7T62ZIL131ZSU23/4
      BMP2sn-956396.920.512.570000000
      BTR700100.0000000000
      T72sn-13200100.000000000
      BTR6000098.4600.510001.03
      2S10002.9294.161.4600.730.730
      BRDM200.36500.73097.45001.090.365
      D700.73000099.27000
      T6200000.730098.9000.37
      ZIL13100000000100.000
      ZSU23/40000000.360099.64
    • Table 4. Confusion matrix of 10-class recognition results of improved Capsule network (recognition rate: 98.85%)

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      Table 4. Confusion matrix of 10-class recognition results of improved Capsule network (recognition rate: 98.85%)

      ClassBMP2sn-9563BTR70T72sn-132BTR602S1BRDM2D7T62ZIL131ZSU23/4
      BMP2sn-956396.4103.590000000
      BTR700100.0000000000
      T72sn-13200100.000000000
      BTR6000098.97000001.03
      2S10002.55596.351.0950000
      BRDM20000.73098.540.36500.3650
      D70.36500000.36599.27000
      T62000000099.6300.37
      ZIL1310000000.36099.640
      ZSU23/40000000.360099.64
    • Table 5. Recognition performance of different methods

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      Table 5. Recognition performance of different methods

      MethodsSOC
      RatesTraining images
      SVM[7]90.10%3 670
      AdaBoost[7]92.70%3 670
      DCNN[9]92.30%3 671
      DCNN[8]94.56%2 747
      IGT[7]95.00%3 670
      CGM[10]97.18%3 670
      2-VDCNN[11]97.81%1 377
      CapsNet98.48%1 377
      Improved CapsNet98.85%1 377
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    Received: Jan. 5, 2020

    Accepted: Feb. 8, 2020

    Published Online: Sep. 22, 2020

    The Author Email: Panpan Zhang (zhangpanpan@sia.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/irla20201010

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