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However, existing methods for TomoSAR point cloud processing notably rely on data segmentation, which influences the processing efficiency and denoising performance to a large extent. Inspired by regression analysis, in this paper, we propose an automatic method using neural networks to regularize the 3-D building structures from TomoSAR point clouds. By changing the point heights, the surface points of a building are refined. The method has commendable performance on smoothening the building surface, and keeps a precise preservation of the building structure. Due to the regression mechanism, the method works in a high automation level, which avoids data segmentation and complex parameter adjustment. The experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of our method to denoise and regularize TomoSAR point clouds for urban buildings.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s19173748","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,8,30]],"date-time":"2019-08-30T10:31:17Z","timestamp":1567161077000},"page":"3748","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Automatic Regularization of TomoSAR Point Clouds for Buildings Using Neural Networks"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"19","author":[{"given":"Siyan","family":"Zhou","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Electronics, Electrical and Communication Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China"},{"name":"National Key Lab of Microwave Imaging Technology, Institute of Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China"}]},{"given":"Yanlei","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Electronics, Electrical and Communication Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China"},{"name":"National Key Lab of Microwave Imaging Technology, Institute of Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China"}]},{"given":"Fubo","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Key Lab of Microwave Imaging Technology, Institute of Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China"}]},{"given":"Longyong","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Electronics, Electrical and Communication Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China"},{"name":"National Key Lab of Microwave Imaging Technology, Institute of Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China"}]},{"given":"Xiangxi","family":"Bu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Electronics, Electrical and Communication Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China"},{"name":"National Key Lab of Microwave Imaging Technology, Institute of Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,8,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"D\u00f6llner, J., Kolbe, T.H., Liecke, F., Sgouros, T., and Teichmann, K. 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