Dual-Concentrated Network With Morphological Features for Tree Species Classification Using Hyperspectral Image

At present, deep learning is a hot topic in the field of the classification of hyperspectral image (HSI), and it has aroused wide attention. However, in fine-grained classification tasks, such as tree species classification, the uncertain spectrum remains the major factor restraining the classification performance. In order to solve the dilemma of forest tree species classification, a dual-concentrated network with morphological features (DNMF) is proposed. First, mathematical morphology is used to extract the morphological features of HSI. Then, coarse-grained information is extracted from the original hyperspectral data, and fine-grained information is extracted from morphological features. After that, both morphological representations and spectral inputs are fed into DNMF, and the overall evaluation index and visual image are obtained. The advantage of DNMF is that it decouples the spatial and spectral information, and a multisource information fusion process is then simulated. Accordingly, DNMF obtains high tree species classification accuracy. In order to verify the superiority of DNMF, we choose Gaofeng State-owned Forest Farm in Guangxi Province and the Belgium dataset, which was collected near the western part of Belgium as the research area. Related experiments demonstrate that the DNMF model achieves clearly better classification performance over other competitive baselines.