Image processing dedicated to underwater objects recognition, perception of small underwater vehicles (detection and classification of objects lying on the seabed, or floating in the water column or at the sea surface).
1 – SAS or SSS images processing: Seabed characterisation in terms of complexity
L. Picard, A. Baussard, I. Quidu and G. Le Chenadec, “Seafloor Description in Sonar Images Using the Monogenic Signal and the Intrinsic Dimensionality”, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (TGRS), Vol. 56, no 9, September 2018. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=8345176
2 – Repeat-Pass SAS image processing : Registration and change detection
V. Myers, I. Quidu, B. Zerr, T. O. Saebo and R. E. Hansen, « Synthetic Aperture Sonar Track Registration With Motion Compensation for Coherent Change Detection », IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, VOL. 45, NO. 3, July 2020. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=8717711
F. Nicolas, A. Arnold-Bos, I. Quidu, B. Zerr, « Markov-based approaches for ternary change detection between two high resolution synthetic aperture sonar tracks », MTS/IEEE OCEANS Conference, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, 19-22 June 2017.
I. Quidu, V. Myers, Ø. Midtgaard and R. E. Hansen, “Subpixel image registration for coherent change detection between two high resolution sonar passes”, in Proc. of the International Conference on Underwater Remote Sensing (ICoURS) – Detection and Classification of Underwater Targets, Brest, France, 8-11 October 2012, Cambridge Scholars publishing, 2014.
I. Quidu, “Incoherent change detection using amplitude sidescan sonar images”, Proceedings of the 11th European Conference on Underwater Acoustics, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, 2-6 July 2012.
3 – MBES water column processing: underwater object identification
I. Quidu and M. Legris, “MBES water column data processing for small underwater target recognition”, 5th Underwater Acoustics Conference, Greek island of Crete, June 30 to July 5, 2019.
4 – Forward looking sonar image processing: obstacle detection and tracking for safe drone navigation (from the seabed to the sea surface)
I. Karoui, I. Quidu and M. Legris, « Automatic sea surface obstacle detection and tracking in Forward Looking Sonar image sequences”, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (TGRS), Vol. 53, no 8, August 2015. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=7066957
I. Karoui, I. Quidu and M. Legris, « Automatic spatial clustering and tracking of sea surface obstacles in Forward Looking Sonar sequences”, 3rd Underwater Acoustics Conference, Greek island of Crete, 21st – 26th June, 2015.
I. Quidu, L. Jaulin, A. Bertholom and Y. Dupas, « Robust Multitarget Tracking in Forward Looking Sonar Image Sequences using Navigational Data », IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, Vol. 37, No 3, July 2012. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6200893