Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 58, Issue 2, 0228001(2021)

Road Extraction from GF-1 Remote Sensing Images Based on Dilated Convolution Residual Network with Multi-Scale Feature Fusion

Tianhao Ma1,2, Hai Tan2、*, Tianqi Li1,2, Yanan Wu1,2, and Qi Liu2
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Geomatics, Liaoning Technical University, Fuxin, Liaoning 123000, China
  • 2Land and Resources Remote Sensing Application Center of the Ministry of Natural Resources, Beijing 100048, China
  • show less

    This paper aimed to solve the problems of road edge detail information loss and inaccurate road extraction due to multiple downsampling operations of the fully convolutional neural network. Thus, a road extraction method of GF-1 remote sensing images based on dilated convolution residual network with multiscale feature fusion is proposed. First, numerous labels for road extraction are generated through visual interpretation. Second, dilated convolution and multiscale feature perception modules are introduced in each residual block of the residual network, namely, ResNet-101, to enlarge the receptive field of the feature points without reducing the feature map resolution and losing the detailed edge information. Third, through superposition fusion and upsampling operations, the road feature maps of various sizes are fused to obtain the feature maps of the original resolution size. Finally, for classification, the feature maps are input into the Sigmoid classifier. The experimental results indicate that the proposed method is more accurate than the conventional fully convolutional neural network models, with the accuracy rate being more than 98%. The proposed method effectively preserves the integrity and detailed edge information of the road area.

    Tools

    Get Citation

    Copy Citation Text

    Tianhao Ma, Hai Tan, Tianqi Li, Yanan Wu, Qi Liu. Road Extraction from GF-1 Remote Sensing Images Based on Dilated Convolution Residual Network with Multi-Scale Feature Fusion[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2021, 58(2): 0228001

    Download Citation

    EndNote(RIS)BibTexPlain Text
    Save article for my favorites
    Paper Information

    Category: Remote Sensing and Sensors

    Received: Jun. 8, 2020

    Accepted: Jul. 24, 2020

    Published Online: Jan. 11, 2021

    The Author Email: Tan Hai (896963286@qq.com)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP202158.0228001

    Topics