Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 48, Issue 16, 1610001(2021)

Small-Sample Airborne LiDAR Point Cloud Classification Based on Transfer Learning and Fully Convolutional Network

Xiangda Lei, Hongtao Wang*, and Zongze Zhao
Author Affiliations
  • School of Surveying and Land Information Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo,Henan 454000, China
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    Figures & Tables(15)
    Flow chart of the small sample point cloud classification based on transfer learning
    Generation process of the point feature map. (a) Two-dimensional coordinates of the feature map; (b) point features in the cube neighborhood; (c) point feature map
    Generation of the multi-scale feature maps. (a) Grid size of 0.1 m; (b) grid size of 0.3 m; (c) grid size of 0.5 m
    Schematic diagram of the multi-projection. (a) X direction; (b) Y direction
    Deep feature extraction based on transfer learning
    Point cloud classification based on FCN
    Experimental datasets. (a) Training dataset displayed by normalized height; (b) aerial image corresponding to training dataset; (c) testing dataset displayed by normalized height; (d) aerial image corresponding to testing dataset
    F1 scores when classifying different feature combinations
    F1 scores when classifying different pre-training models
    Classification results when K=4
    Comparison of the misclassification results. (a) Misclassification result before graph-cuts optimization; (b) misclassification result after graph-cuts optimization
    • Table 1. Influence of different K on the classification results unit: %

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      Table 1. Influence of different K on the classification results unit: %

      KF1 scoreOAAvg F1
      Low_vegImp_surCarFe/HeRoofFacadeShrubTree
      086.1193.5166.2465.7794.4661.0968.7589.0887.7678.13
      186.5093.6468.4967.1294.6962.0569.7289.4388.1878.96
      287.1494.1575.8968.9695.3064.5771.1989.9989.1280.90
      387.1593.9978.4471.0095.7665.9172.6090.6989.6081.94
      487.4294.0979.9171.7896.0667.4972.0490.8089.9182.45
      587.1593.6979.6270.6696.2467.2370.7390.6989.7682.00
      686.5893.1973.6070.2296.0365.2268.4490.5389.2780.48
    • Table 2. F1 scores and overall classification accuracy of different methods unit: %

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      Table 2. F1 scores and overall classification accuracy of different methods unit: %

      MethodF1 scoreOA
      PowLow_vegImp_surfCarFe/HeRoofFacadeShrubTree
      UM46.179.089.147.75.292.052.740.977.980.8
      WhuY231.980.088.940.824.593.149.441.177.381.0
      WhuY337.181.490.163.423.993.447.539.978.082.3
      LUH59.677.591.173.134.094.256.346.683.181.6
      BIJ_W13.878.590.556.436.392.253.243.378.481.5
      RIT_137.577.991.573.418.094.049.345.982.581.6
      NANJ262.088.891.266.740.793.642.655.982.685.2
      WhuY442.582.791.474.753.794.353.147.982.884.9
      Ours--87.494.179.971.896.167.572.090.889.9
    • Table 3. Classification results of our method and NANJ2 method unit: %

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      Table 3. Classification results of our method and NANJ2 method unit: %

      MethodF1 scoreOAAvg F1
      Low_vegImp_surfCarFe/HeRoofFacadeShrubTree
      NANJ286.993.169.570.995.273.065.392.189.180.8
      Ours88.693.868.775.595.674.068.894.390.182.4
    • Table 4. Classification results of different transfer learning methods unit: %

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      Table 4. Classification results of different transfer learning methods unit: %

      MethodF1 scoreOAAvg F1
      Low_vegImp_surfCarFe/HeRoofFacadeShrubTree
      DRN83.392.552.462.595.262.864.988.786.875.3
      DRN-187.094.342.265.796.066.071.791.889.578.2
      Ours87.494.179.971.896.167.572.090.889.982.4
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    Paper Information

    Category: remote sensing and sensor

    Received: Nov. 28, 2020

    Accepted: Feb. 7, 2021

    Published Online: Jul. 30, 2021

    The Author Email: Hongtao Wang (211804010013@home.hpu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/CJL202148.1610001

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