Zhao Hao, Zhang Gong. Adaptive shadow inpainting from high-resolution SAR image based on exemplar’s similarity[J]. Journal of Image and Graphics, 2013, 18(2): 243-248. DOI: 10.11834/jig.20130217.
Restoring the complete shadow of targets by inpainting techniques is helpful for target recognition in high-resolution SAR image. In the process of shadow inpainting for high-resolution SAR images
the traditional exemplar matching leads to the misjudgment of shadow regions and the inhomogeneity of transition regions. In this paper
we propose an adaptive target shadow inpainting method based on exemplar's similarity. The problem of shadow region misjudgment is solved by introducing inpainting region prejudgment according to the relative relationship between target and its shadow. Moreover
the adaptive inpainting method based on exemplar's similarity overcomes the problem of transition region's inhomogeneity. The experimental results show that the proposed method can effectively restore the missing target shadows in SAR images.