Shadow–highlight feature matching automatic small crater recognition using high-resolution digital o

• 作 者: Wei Zuo Chunlai Li Lingjie Yu
• 机 构: KeyLaboratoryofLunarandDeepSpaceExploration,SchoolofAstronomyandSpaceSciences,SchoolofTextileScience
• 出 处: 中国地球化学学报:英文版
• 发表日期: 2019年4期
• 关键词: MOON CRATER RECOGNITION Image processing Space exploration
• 基金项目: National Major Projects-GRAS Construction of China Lunar Exploration Project and Nation Science Foundation Project (No.41671458).

This paper introduces a new method of small lunar craters’ automatic identification, using digital orthophoto map(DOM) data. The core of the approach is the fact that the lunar exploration DOM data reveal contrasting highlight and shadow characteristics o