Compressive Hyperspectral Target Detection With Restricted Distribution Property

Qingyao Yang, Xiaoqin Wang, Dingyi Wang, Baoying Yu, Yumei Zhou, Shushan Qiao

Abstract: Compressive sensing (CS) is a widely utilized technique in hyperspectral imaging front end, and hyperspectral target detection (HTD) in the CS domain is crucial for conserving computational and storage resources on front-end platforms and achieving real-time detection. However, existing HTD methods can only handle reconstructed hyperspectral images. To address this limitation, this study investigates a novel property under hyperspectral CS and proposes an algorithm framework for HTD without reconstruction. The newly proposed property, named restricted distribution property (RDP), is based on assumptions about spectral random vectors and derivations from the CS model. It indicates that the spectral vectors in the compressed hyperspectral follow a deterministic Gaussian distribution under specific conditions and provide a generalized expression for their covariance matrix. Building upon this property, a Kullback–Leibler (KL) divergence subspace distribution estimator is developed, enabling HTD without reconstruction. Experimental result demonstrates that the performance of the proposed detector in compressed hyperspectral data is comparable to or even superior to conventional methods in original hyperspectral images. The result is inspiring for future research.