Change detection and classification of multi-temporal SAR series based on generalized likelihood ratio comparing-and-recognizing

This paper presents a change detection and classification method of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) multi-temporal images. The change criterion based on a generalized likelihood ratio test is an extension of the likelihood ratio test, in which both the noisy data and the multi-temporal denoised data are used. The changes are detected by a thresholding and then classified into step, impulse and cycle changes according to their temporal behaviors. The results show the effective performance of the proposed method.