An Analysis of the Probability Distribution of Spectral Angle and Euclidean Distance in Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Using Microspectroscopy

Published

May 18, 2013

Author(s)

Ronald G. Resmini, Christopher Deloye, David W. Allen

Abstract

Determining the probability distribution of hyperspectral imagery (HSI) data and of the results of algorithms applied to those data, is critical to understanding algorithm performance and for establishing performance metrics such as probability of detection, false alarm rate, and minimum detectable and identifiable quantities. The results of analyses of visible/near-infrared (VNIR; 400 nm to 900 nm) HSI microscopy data of small fragments (1.25 cm in size) of minerals are presented. HSI microscopy, also known as microspectroscopy, is the acquisition of HSI data cubes of fields of view ranging from centimeters to millimeters in size. It is imaging spectrometry but at a small spatial scale. With HSI microspectroscopy, several thousand spectral signatures may be easily acquired of individual target materials—samples of which may be quite small. With such data, probability distributions may be very precisely determined. For faceted/irregularly shaped samples and mixtures (checkerboard, intimate, or microscopic), HSI microscopy data readily facilitate a detailed assessment of the contribution of the materials, their morphology, spectral mixing interactions, radiative transfer processes, view/illumination geometry contributions, etc., to the observed probability distribution(s) of the HSI data and of algorithm output. Here, spectral angle, the individual components of spectral angle (e.g., the inner product or numerator of the spectral angle equation), Euclidean distance, and L1 norm values are calculated. Regions of interest (ROI) on the fragments are easily defined that contain thousands of spectra far from the fragments' edges though translucency sometimes remains a factor impacting spectral signatures. The aforementioned metrics are derived for the spectra in an ROI of individual mineral fragments; across ROIs of different minerals; and with an ROI of an inert background.

Proceedings Title

Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery XIX

Volume

8743

Conference Dates

April 29-May 3, 2013

Conference Location

Baltimore, MD, US

Conference Title

SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing

Pub Type

Conferences

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Keywords

hyperspectral, microscopy, probability, remote sensing, statistic

Citation

Resmini, R. , Deloye, C. and Allen, D. (2013), An Analysis of the Probability Distribution of Spectral Angle and Euclidean Distance in Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Using Microspectroscopy, Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery XIX , Baltimore, MD, US, [online], https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2015701 (Accessed April 19, 2024)