Threshold pattern filters for image enhancement

Pak Cheung Lai*, Bing Zeng

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Abstract

Threshold Boolean filters (TBF's) constitute large class of non-linear filters that are very effective in removing impulsive noise. However, the required computational complexity is also high because thresholding has to be done at all levels. In this paper, a new kind of filters based on threshold operation is proposed. The proposed filters, referred as threshold pattern filters (TPF's), threshold the filter window only at some levels. A TPF picks a sample within the window as the output based on the threshold patterns obtained. An efficient MAE-based training method for designing TPF's is proposed. Simulation results show that the performance of TPF's is comparable to that of the corresponding TBF's, when they are applied to enhance images corrupted by mixed noise.

Original languageEnglish
Pages434-437
Number of pages4
Publication statusPublished - 1999
Externally publishedYes
EventInternational Conference on Image Processing (ICIP'99) - Kobe, Jpn
Duration: 24 Oct 199928 Oct 1999

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Image Processing (ICIP'99)
CityKobe, Jpn
Period24/10/9928/10/99

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