Automated crater detection algorithms from a machine learning perspective in the convolutional neural network era

DM DeLatte, ST Crites, N Guttenberg, T Yairi - Advances in Space …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) offer promising opportunities to
automatically glean scientifically relevant information directly from annotated images …

A Cartographic Perspective on the Planetary Geologic Mapping Investigation of Ceres

A Naß, S van Gasselt - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
The NASA Dawn spacecraft visited asteroid 4 Vesta between 2011 and 2012 and dwarf
planet 1 Ceres between 2015 and 2018 to investigate their surfaces through optical and …

MC-UNet: Martian crater segmentation at semantic and instance levels using u-net-based convolutional neural network

D Chen, F Hu, PT Mathiopoulos, Z Zhang… - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
Crater recognition on Mars is of paramount importance for many space science applications,
such as accurate planetary surface age dating and geological mapping. Such recognition is …

A template‐matching approach combining morphometric variables for automated mapping of charcoal kiln sites

A Schneider, M Takla, A Nicolay… - Archaeological …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Analysing the spatial distribution of anthropogenic relief structures can contribute to the
understanding of past land‐use systems. With automated mapping routines, small relief …

YOLOLens: A deep learning model based on super-resolution to enhance the crater detection of the planetary surfaces

R La Grassa, G Cremonese, I Gallo, C Re, E Martellato - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
The impact crater detection offers a great scientific contribution in analyzing the geological
processes, morphologies and physical properties of the celestial bodies and plays a crucial …

A machine learning approach to crater detection from topographic data

K Di, W Li, Z Yue, Y Sun, Y Liu - Advances in Space Research, 2014 - Elsevier
Craters are distinctive features on the surfaces of most terrestrial planets. Craters reveal the
relative ages of surface units and provide information on surface geology. Extracting craters …

Impact crater recognition on Mars based on a probability volume created by template matching

L Bandeira, J Saraiva, P Pina - IEEE Transactions on …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a methodology that brings together a number of techniques in the fields
of image processing and pattern recognition with the purpose of achieving the automated …

Impact crater recognition methods: A review

D Chen, F Hu, L Zhang, Y Wu, J Du… - Science China Earth …, 2024 - Springer
Impact craters are formed due to the high-speed collisions between small to medium-sized
celestial bodies. Impact is the most significant driving force in the evolution of celestial …

Crater detection by a boosting approach

R Martins, P Pina, JS Marques… - IEEE Geoscience and …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An approach to automatically detect impact craters on planetary surfaces is presented in this
letter. It is built up from a boosting algorithm proposed by Viola and Jones (2004) whose …

Lunar crater detection based on terrain analysis and mathematical morphology methods using digital elevation models

M Chen, D Liu, K Qian, J Li, M Lei… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Lunar impact craters are the most typical geomorphic feature on the moon and are of great
importance in studies of lunar terrain features. This paper presents a crater detection …