简介:Themultibeamsonarscanprovidehydrographicqualitydepthdataaswellasholdthepotentialtoprovidecalibratedmeasurementsoftheseaflooracousticbackscatteringstrength.Therehasbeenmuchinterestinutilizingbackscattersandimagesfrommultibeamsonarforseabedtypeidentificationandmostresultsareobtained.Thispaperhaspresentedafocusedreviewofseveralmainmethodsandrecentdevelopmentsofseafloorclassificationutilizingmultibeamsonardataor/andimages.Theseareincludingthepowerspectralanalysismethods,thetextureanalysis,traditionalBayesianclassificationtheoryandthemostactiveneuralnetworkapproaches.