Improved estimation of fraction images using partial image restoration

It is noted that mixed pixels are unavoidable in remote sensing imagery, but signature mixing models can be effective in improving the usefulness of the image data. Unmixing error caused by sensor system point spread function (PSF) degradation is studied, and the application of image restoration before spectral unmixing to improve the unmixing results is investigated. It is shown that the characteristics of the problem makes the design of a restoration filter differ from that for visual enhancement. Simulation results show that, depending on the scene complexity, unmixing error can be reduced by up to 72% using the proposed restoration scheme. It is concluded that image restoration is useful in increasing the accuracy of spectral unmixing