In this paper an adaptive range and domain filtering is presented. In the proposed method local histograms are computed to tune the range and domain extensions of bilateral filter. Noise histogram is estimated to measure the noise level at each pixel in the noisy image. The extensions of range and domain filters are determined based on pixel noise level. Experimental results show that the proposed method effectively removes the noise while preserves the details. The proposed method performs better than bilateral filter and restored test images have higher PSNR than those obtained by applying popular Bayesshrink wavelet denoising method.
Fusion of Wavelet Coefficients from Visual and Thermal Face Images for Human ...CSCJournals
In this paper we present a comparative study on fusion of visual and thermal images using different wavelet transformations. Here, coefficients of discrete wavelet transforms from both visual and thermal images are computed separately and combined. Next, inverse discrete wavelet transformation is taken in order to obtain fused face image. Both Haar and Daubechies (db2) wavelet transforms have been used to compare recognition results. For experiments IRIS Thermal/Visual Face Database was used. Experimental results using Haar and Daubechies wavelets show that the performance of the approach presented here achieves maximum success rate of 100% in many cases.
Comparison of Segmentation Algorithms and Estimation of Optimal Segmentation ...Pinaki Ranjan Sarkar
Recent advancement in sensor technology allows very high spatial resolution along with multiple spectral bands. There are many studies, which highlight that Object Based Image Analysis(OBIA) is more accurate than pixel-based classification for high resolution(< 2m) imagery. Image segmentation is a crucial step for OBIA and it is a very formidable task to estimate optimal parameters for segmentation as it does not have any unique solution. In this paper, we have studied different segmentation algorithms (both mono-scale and multi-scale) for different terrain categories and showed how the segmented output depends on upon various parameters. Later, we have introduced a novel method to estimate optimal segmentation parameters. The main objectives of this study are to highlight the effectiveness of presently available segmentation techniques on very high-resolution satellite data and to automate segmentation process. Pre-estimation of segmentation parameter is more practical and efficient in OBIA. Assessment of segmentation algorithms and estimation of segmentation parameters are examined based on the very high-resolution multi-spectral WorldView-3(0.3m, PAN sharpened) data.
This paper analyzed different haze removal methods. Haze causes trouble to
many computer graphics/vision applications as it reduces the visibility of the scene. Air light and
attenuation are two basic phenomena of haze. air light enhances the whiteness in scene and on
the other hand attenuation reduces the contrast. the colour and contrast of the scene is recovered
by haze removal techniques. many applications like object detection , surveillance, consumer
electronics etc. apply haze removal techniques. this paper widely focuses on the methods of
effectively eliminating haze from digital images. it also indicates the demerits of current
techniques.
Fusion of Wavelet Coefficients from Visual and Thermal Face Images for Human ...CSCJournals
In this paper we present a comparative study on fusion of visual and thermal images using different wavelet transformations. Here, coefficients of discrete wavelet transforms from both visual and thermal images are computed separately and combined. Next, inverse discrete wavelet transformation is taken in order to obtain fused face image. Both Haar and Daubechies (db2) wavelet transforms have been used to compare recognition results. For experiments IRIS Thermal/Visual Face Database was used. Experimental results using Haar and Daubechies wavelets show that the performance of the approach presented here achieves maximum success rate of 100% in many cases.
Comparison of Segmentation Algorithms and Estimation of Optimal Segmentation ...Pinaki Ranjan Sarkar
Recent advancement in sensor technology allows very high spatial resolution along with multiple spectral bands. There are many studies, which highlight that Object Based Image Analysis(OBIA) is more accurate than pixel-based classification for high resolution(< 2m) imagery. Image segmentation is a crucial step for OBIA and it is a very formidable task to estimate optimal parameters for segmentation as it does not have any unique solution. In this paper, we have studied different segmentation algorithms (both mono-scale and multi-scale) for different terrain categories and showed how the segmented output depends on upon various parameters. Later, we have introduced a novel method to estimate optimal segmentation parameters. The main objectives of this study are to highlight the effectiveness of presently available segmentation techniques on very high-resolution satellite data and to automate segmentation process. Pre-estimation of segmentation parameter is more practical and efficient in OBIA. Assessment of segmentation algorithms and estimation of segmentation parameters are examined based on the very high-resolution multi-spectral WorldView-3(0.3m, PAN sharpened) data.
This paper analyzed different haze removal methods. Haze causes trouble to
many computer graphics/vision applications as it reduces the visibility of the scene. Air light and
attenuation are two basic phenomena of haze. air light enhances the whiteness in scene and on
the other hand attenuation reduces the contrast. the colour and contrast of the scene is recovered
by haze removal techniques. many applications like object detection , surveillance, consumer
electronics etc. apply haze removal techniques. this paper widely focuses on the methods of
effectively eliminating haze from digital images. it also indicates the demerits of current
techniques.
IJRET-V1I1P2 -A Survey Paper On Single Image and Video Dehazing MethodsISAR Publications
Most of the computer applications use digital images. Digital image processing acts an important
role in the analysis and interpretation of data, which is in the digital form. Images taken in foggy
weather condition often suffer from poor visibility and clarity. After the study of several fast
dehazing methods like Tan’s dehazing technique, Fattal’s dehazing technique and aiming Heat al
dehazing technique, Dark Channel Prior (DCP) intended by He et al is most substantive technique
for dehazing.This survey aims to study about various existing methods such as polarization, dark
channel prior, depth map based method etc. are used for dehazing.
A New Approach of Medical Image Fusion using Discrete Wavelet TransformIDES Editor
MRI-PET medical image fusion has important
clinical significance. Medical image fusion is the important
step after registration, which is an integrative display method
of two images. The PET image shows the brain function with
a low spatial resolution, MRI image shows the brain tissue
anatomy and contains no functional information. Hence, a
perfect fused image should contains both functional
information and more spatial characteristics with no spatial
& color distortion. The DWT coefficients of MRI-PET
intensity values are fused based on the even degree method
and cross correlation method The performance of proposed
image fusion scheme is evaluated with PSNR and RMSE and
its also compared with the existing techniques.
IMAGE SEGMENTATION BY USING THRESHOLDING TECHNIQUES FOR MEDICAL IMAGEScseij
Image binarization is the process of separation of pixel values into two groups, black as background and
white as foreground. Thresholding can be categorized into global thresholding and local thresholding. This
paper describes a locally adaptive thresholding technique that removes background by using local mean
and standard deviation. Most common and simplest approach to segment an image is using thresholding.
In this work we present an efficient implementation for threshoding and give a detailed comparison of
Niblack and sauvola local thresholding algorithm. Niblack and sauvola thresholding algorithm is
implemented on medical images. The quality of segmented image is measured by statistical parameters:
Jaccard Similarity Coefficient, Peak Signal to Noise Ratio (PSNR).
Single image super resolution with improved wavelet interpolation and iterati...iosrjce
IOSR journal of VLSI and Signal Processing (IOSRJVSP) is a double blind peer reviewed International Journal that publishes articles which contribute new results in all areas of VLSI Design & Signal Processing. The goal of this journal is to bring together researchers and practitioners from academia and industry to focus on advanced VLSI Design & Signal Processing concepts and establishing new collaborations in these areas.Design and realization of microelectronic systems using VLSI/ULSI technologies require close collaboration among scientists and engineers in the fields of systems architecture, logic and circuit design, chips and wafer fabrication, packaging, testing and systems applications. Generation of specifications, design and verification must be performed at all abstraction levels, including the system, register-transfer, logic, circuit, transistor and process levels.
COLOUR IMAGE REPRESENTION OF MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE FUSIONacijjournal
The availability of imaging sensors operating in multiple spectral bands has led to the requirement of
image fusion algorithms that would combine the image from these sensors in an efficient way to give an
image that is more perceptible to human eye. Multispectral Image fusion is the process of combining
images optically acquired in more than one spectral band. In this paper, we present a pixel-level image
fusion that combines four images from four different spectral bands namely near infrared(0.76-0.90um),
mid infrared(1.55-1.75um),thermal- infrared(10.4-12.5um) and mid infrared(2.08-2.35um) to give a
composite colour image. The work coalesces a fusion technique that involves linear transformation based
on Cholesky decomposition of the covariance matrix of source data that converts multispectral source
images which are in grayscale into colour image. This work is composed of different segments that
includes estimation of covariance matrix of images, cholesky decomposition and transformation ones.
Finally, the fused colour image is compared with the fused image obtained by PCA transformation.
The single image dehazing based on efficient transmission estimationAVVENIRE TECHNOLOGIES
We propose a novel haze imaging model for single image haze removal. Haze imaging model is formulated using dark channel prior (DCP), scene radiance, intensity, atmospheric light and transmission medium. The dark channel prior is based on the statistics of outdoor haze-free images. We find that, in most of the local regions which do not cover the sky, some pixels (called dark pixels) very often have very low intensity in at least one color (RGB) channel. In hazy images, the intensity of these dark pixels in that channel is mainly contributed by the air light. Therefore, these dark pixels can directly provide an accurate estimation of the haze transmission. Combining a haze imaging model and a interpolation method, we can recover a high-quality haze free image and produce a good depth map.
A Review over Different Blur Detection Techniques in Image Processingpaperpublications3
Abstract: In last few years there is lot of development and attentions in area of blur detection techniques. The Blur detection techniques are very helpful in real life application and are used in image segmentation, image restoration and image enhancement. Blur detection techniques are used to remove the blur from a blurred region of an image which is due to defocus of a camera or motion of an object. In this literature review we represent some techniques of blur detection such as Blind image de-convolution, Low depth of field, Edge sharpness analysis, and Low directional high frequency energy. After studying all these techniques we have found that there are lot of future work is required for the development of perfect and effective blur detection technique.
Modified adaptive bilateral filter for image contrast enhancementeSAT Publishing House
IJRET : International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology is an international peer reviewed, online journal published by eSAT Publishing House for the enhancement of research in various disciplines of Engineering and Technology. The aim and scope of the journal is to provide an academic medium and an important reference for the advancement and dissemination of research results that support high-level learning, teaching and research in the fields of Engineering and Technology. We bring together Scientists, Academician, Field Engineers, Scholars and Students of related fields of Engineering and Technology
International Journal of Computational Engineering Research (IJCER) is dedicated to protecting personal information and will make every reasonable effort to handle collected information appropriately. All information collected, as well as related requests, will be handled as carefully and efficiently as possible in accordance with IJCER standards for integrity and objectivity
Review on Image Enhancement in Spatial Domainidescitation
With the proliferation in electronic imaging devices
like in mobiles, computer vision, medical field and space field;
image enhancement field has become the quite interesting
and important area of research. These imaging devices are
viewed under a diverse range of viewing conditions and a huge
loss in contrast under bright outdoor viewing conditions; thus
viewing condition parameters such as surround effects,
correlated color temperature and ambient lighting have
become of significant importance. Therefore, Principle
objective of Image enhancement is to adjust the quality of an
image for better human visual perception. Appropriate choice
of enhancement techniques is greatly influenced by the
imaging modality, task at hand and viewing conditions.
Basically, image enhancement techniques have been classified
into two broad categories: Spatial domain image enhancement
and Frequency domain image enhancement. This survey report
gives an overview of different methodologies have been used
for enhancement under the spatial domain category. It is noted
that in this field still more research is to be done.
To get this project in ONLINE or through TRAINING Sessions,
Contact:JP INFOTECH, Old No.31, New No.86, 1st Floor, 1st Avenue, Ashok Pillar, Chennai -83. Landmark: Next to Kotak Mahendra Bank. Pondicherry Office: JP INFOTECH, #45, Kamaraj Salai, Thattanchavady, Puducherry -9. Landmark: Next to VVP Nagar Arch. Mobile: (0) 9952649690 , Email: jpinfotechprojects@gmail.com, web: www.jpinfotech.org Blog: www.jpinfotech.blogspot.com
INFORMATION SATURATION IN MULTISPECTRAL PIXEL LEVEL IMAGE FUSIONIJCI JOURNAL
The availability of imaging sensors operating in multiple spectral bands has led to the requirement of
image fusion algorithms that would combine the image from these sensors in an efficient way to give an
image that is more informative as well as perceptible to human eye. Multispectral image fusion is the
process of combining images from different spectral bands that are optically acquired. In this paper, we
used a pixel-level image fusion based on principal component analysis that combines satellite images of the
same scene from seven different spectral bands. The purpose of using principal component analysis
technique is that it is best method for Grayscale image fusion and gives better results. The main aim of
PCA technique is to reduce a large set of variables into a small set which still contains most of the
information that was present in the large set. The paper compares different parameters namely, entropy,
standard deviation, correlation coefficient etc. for different number of images fused from two to seven.
Finally, the paper shows that the information content in an image gets saturated after fusing four images.
Boosting CED Using Robust Orientation Estimationijma
n this paper, Coherence Enhancement Diffusion (CED) is boosted feeding external orientation using new
robust orientation estimation. In CED, proper scale selection is very important as the gradient vector at
that scale reflects the orientation of local ridge. For this purpose a new scheme is proposed in which pre
calculated orientation, by using local and integration scales. From the experiments it is found the proposed
scheme is working much better in noisy environment as compared to the traditional Coherence
Enhancement Diffusion
Accelerated Joint Image Despeckling Algorithm in the Wavelet and Spatial DomainsCSCJournals
Noise is one of the most widespread problems present in nearly all imaging applications. In spite of the sophistication of the recently proposed methods, most denoising algorithms have not yet attained a desirable level of applicability. This paper proposes a two-stage algorithm for speckle noise reduction jointly in the wavelet and spatial domains. At the first stage, the optimal parameter value of the spatial speckle reduction filter is estimated, based on edge pixel statistics and noise variance. Then the optimized filter is used at the second stage to additionally smooth the approximation image of the wavelet sub-band. A complexity reduction algorithm for wavelet decomposition is also proposed. The obtained results are highly encouraging in terms of image quality which paves the way towards the reinforcement of the proposed algorithm for the performance enhancement of the Block Matching and 3D Filtering algorithm tackling multiplicative speckle noise.
IJRET-V1I1P2 -A Survey Paper On Single Image and Video Dehazing MethodsISAR Publications
Most of the computer applications use digital images. Digital image processing acts an important
role in the analysis and interpretation of data, which is in the digital form. Images taken in foggy
weather condition often suffer from poor visibility and clarity. After the study of several fast
dehazing methods like Tan’s dehazing technique, Fattal’s dehazing technique and aiming Heat al
dehazing technique, Dark Channel Prior (DCP) intended by He et al is most substantive technique
for dehazing.This survey aims to study about various existing methods such as polarization, dark
channel prior, depth map based method etc. are used for dehazing.
A New Approach of Medical Image Fusion using Discrete Wavelet TransformIDES Editor
MRI-PET medical image fusion has important
clinical significance. Medical image fusion is the important
step after registration, which is an integrative display method
of two images. The PET image shows the brain function with
a low spatial resolution, MRI image shows the brain tissue
anatomy and contains no functional information. Hence, a
perfect fused image should contains both functional
information and more spatial characteristics with no spatial
& color distortion. The DWT coefficients of MRI-PET
intensity values are fused based on the even degree method
and cross correlation method The performance of proposed
image fusion scheme is evaluated with PSNR and RMSE and
its also compared with the existing techniques.
IMAGE SEGMENTATION BY USING THRESHOLDING TECHNIQUES FOR MEDICAL IMAGEScseij
Image binarization is the process of separation of pixel values into two groups, black as background and
white as foreground. Thresholding can be categorized into global thresholding and local thresholding. This
paper describes a locally adaptive thresholding technique that removes background by using local mean
and standard deviation. Most common and simplest approach to segment an image is using thresholding.
In this work we present an efficient implementation for threshoding and give a detailed comparison of
Niblack and sauvola local thresholding algorithm. Niblack and sauvola thresholding algorithm is
implemented on medical images. The quality of segmented image is measured by statistical parameters:
Jaccard Similarity Coefficient, Peak Signal to Noise Ratio (PSNR).
Single image super resolution with improved wavelet interpolation and iterati...iosrjce
IOSR journal of VLSI and Signal Processing (IOSRJVSP) is a double blind peer reviewed International Journal that publishes articles which contribute new results in all areas of VLSI Design & Signal Processing. The goal of this journal is to bring together researchers and practitioners from academia and industry to focus on advanced VLSI Design & Signal Processing concepts and establishing new collaborations in these areas.Design and realization of microelectronic systems using VLSI/ULSI technologies require close collaboration among scientists and engineers in the fields of systems architecture, logic and circuit design, chips and wafer fabrication, packaging, testing and systems applications. Generation of specifications, design and verification must be performed at all abstraction levels, including the system, register-transfer, logic, circuit, transistor and process levels.
COLOUR IMAGE REPRESENTION OF MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE FUSIONacijjournal
The availability of imaging sensors operating in multiple spectral bands has led to the requirement of
image fusion algorithms that would combine the image from these sensors in an efficient way to give an
image that is more perceptible to human eye. Multispectral Image fusion is the process of combining
images optically acquired in more than one spectral band. In this paper, we present a pixel-level image
fusion that combines four images from four different spectral bands namely near infrared(0.76-0.90um),
mid infrared(1.55-1.75um),thermal- infrared(10.4-12.5um) and mid infrared(2.08-2.35um) to give a
composite colour image. The work coalesces a fusion technique that involves linear transformation based
on Cholesky decomposition of the covariance matrix of source data that converts multispectral source
images which are in grayscale into colour image. This work is composed of different segments that
includes estimation of covariance matrix of images, cholesky decomposition and transformation ones.
Finally, the fused colour image is compared with the fused image obtained by PCA transformation.
The single image dehazing based on efficient transmission estimationAVVENIRE TECHNOLOGIES
We propose a novel haze imaging model for single image haze removal. Haze imaging model is formulated using dark channel prior (DCP), scene radiance, intensity, atmospheric light and transmission medium. The dark channel prior is based on the statistics of outdoor haze-free images. We find that, in most of the local regions which do not cover the sky, some pixels (called dark pixels) very often have very low intensity in at least one color (RGB) channel. In hazy images, the intensity of these dark pixels in that channel is mainly contributed by the air light. Therefore, these dark pixels can directly provide an accurate estimation of the haze transmission. Combining a haze imaging model and a interpolation method, we can recover a high-quality haze free image and produce a good depth map.
A Review over Different Blur Detection Techniques in Image Processingpaperpublications3
Abstract: In last few years there is lot of development and attentions in area of blur detection techniques. The Blur detection techniques are very helpful in real life application and are used in image segmentation, image restoration and image enhancement. Blur detection techniques are used to remove the blur from a blurred region of an image which is due to defocus of a camera or motion of an object. In this literature review we represent some techniques of blur detection such as Blind image de-convolution, Low depth of field, Edge sharpness analysis, and Low directional high frequency energy. After studying all these techniques we have found that there are lot of future work is required for the development of perfect and effective blur detection technique.
Modified adaptive bilateral filter for image contrast enhancementeSAT Publishing House
IJRET : International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology is an international peer reviewed, online journal published by eSAT Publishing House for the enhancement of research in various disciplines of Engineering and Technology. The aim and scope of the journal is to provide an academic medium and an important reference for the advancement and dissemination of research results that support high-level learning, teaching and research in the fields of Engineering and Technology. We bring together Scientists, Academician, Field Engineers, Scholars and Students of related fields of Engineering and Technology
International Journal of Computational Engineering Research (IJCER) is dedicated to protecting personal information and will make every reasonable effort to handle collected information appropriately. All information collected, as well as related requests, will be handled as carefully and efficiently as possible in accordance with IJCER standards for integrity and objectivity
Review on Image Enhancement in Spatial Domainidescitation
With the proliferation in electronic imaging devices
like in mobiles, computer vision, medical field and space field;
image enhancement field has become the quite interesting
and important area of research. These imaging devices are
viewed under a diverse range of viewing conditions and a huge
loss in contrast under bright outdoor viewing conditions; thus
viewing condition parameters such as surround effects,
correlated color temperature and ambient lighting have
become of significant importance. Therefore, Principle
objective of Image enhancement is to adjust the quality of an
image for better human visual perception. Appropriate choice
of enhancement techniques is greatly influenced by the
imaging modality, task at hand and viewing conditions.
Basically, image enhancement techniques have been classified
into two broad categories: Spatial domain image enhancement
and Frequency domain image enhancement. This survey report
gives an overview of different methodologies have been used
for enhancement under the spatial domain category. It is noted
that in this field still more research is to be done.
To get this project in ONLINE or through TRAINING Sessions,
Contact:JP INFOTECH, Old No.31, New No.86, 1st Floor, 1st Avenue, Ashok Pillar, Chennai -83. Landmark: Next to Kotak Mahendra Bank. Pondicherry Office: JP INFOTECH, #45, Kamaraj Salai, Thattanchavady, Puducherry -9. Landmark: Next to VVP Nagar Arch. Mobile: (0) 9952649690 , Email: jpinfotechprojects@gmail.com, web: www.jpinfotech.org Blog: www.jpinfotech.blogspot.com
INFORMATION SATURATION IN MULTISPECTRAL PIXEL LEVEL IMAGE FUSIONIJCI JOURNAL
The availability of imaging sensors operating in multiple spectral bands has led to the requirement of
image fusion algorithms that would combine the image from these sensors in an efficient way to give an
image that is more informative as well as perceptible to human eye. Multispectral image fusion is the
process of combining images from different spectral bands that are optically acquired. In this paper, we
used a pixel-level image fusion based on principal component analysis that combines satellite images of the
same scene from seven different spectral bands. The purpose of using principal component analysis
technique is that it is best method for Grayscale image fusion and gives better results. The main aim of
PCA technique is to reduce a large set of variables into a small set which still contains most of the
information that was present in the large set. The paper compares different parameters namely, entropy,
standard deviation, correlation coefficient etc. for different number of images fused from two to seven.
Finally, the paper shows that the information content in an image gets saturated after fusing four images.
Boosting CED Using Robust Orientation Estimationijma
n this paper, Coherence Enhancement Diffusion (CED) is boosted feeding external orientation using new
robust orientation estimation. In CED, proper scale selection is very important as the gradient vector at
that scale reflects the orientation of local ridge. For this purpose a new scheme is proposed in which pre
calculated orientation, by using local and integration scales. From the experiments it is found the proposed
scheme is working much better in noisy environment as compared to the traditional Coherence
Enhancement Diffusion
Accelerated Joint Image Despeckling Algorithm in the Wavelet and Spatial DomainsCSCJournals
Noise is one of the most widespread problems present in nearly all imaging applications. In spite of the sophistication of the recently proposed methods, most denoising algorithms have not yet attained a desirable level of applicability. This paper proposes a two-stage algorithm for speckle noise reduction jointly in the wavelet and spatial domains. At the first stage, the optimal parameter value of the spatial speckle reduction filter is estimated, based on edge pixel statistics and noise variance. Then the optimized filter is used at the second stage to additionally smooth the approximation image of the wavelet sub-band. A complexity reduction algorithm for wavelet decomposition is also proposed. The obtained results are highly encouraging in terms of image quality which paves the way towards the reinforcement of the proposed algorithm for the performance enhancement of the Block Matching and 3D Filtering algorithm tackling multiplicative speckle noise.
Image Restoration Using Particle Filters By Improving The Scale Of Texture Wi...CSCJournals
Traditional techniques are based on restoring image values based on local smoothness constraints within fixed bandwidth windows where image structure is not considered. Common problem for such methods is how to choose the most appropriate bandwidth and the most suitable set of neighboring pixels to guide the reconstruction process. The present work proposes a denoising technique based on particle filtering using MRF (Markov Random Field). It is an automatic technique to capture the scale of texture. The contribution of our method is the selection of an appropriate window in the image domain. For this we first construct a set containing all occurrences then the conditional pdf can be estimated with a histogram of all center pixel values. Particle evolution is controlled by the image structure leading to a filtering window adapted to the image content. Our method explores multiple neighbors’ sets (or hypotheses) that can be used for pixel denoising, through a particle filtering approach. This technique associates weights for each hypothesis according to its relevance and its contribution in the denoising process.
IMAGE DENOISING BY MEDIAN FILTER IN WAVELET DOMAINijma
The details of an image with noise may be restored by removing noise through a suitable image de-noising
method. In this research, a new method of image de-noising based on using median filter (MF) in the
wavelet domain is proposed and tested. Various types of wavelet transform filters are used in conjunction
with median filter in experimenting with the proposed approach in order to obtain better results for image
de-noising process, and, consequently to select the best suited filter. Wavelet transform working on the
frequencies of sub-bands split from an image is a powerful method for analysis of images. According to this
experimental work, the proposed method presents better results than using only wavelet transform or
median filter alone. The MSE and PSNR values are used for measuring the improvement in de-noised
images.
An Ultrasound Image Despeckling Approach Based on Principle Component AnalysisCSCJournals
An approach based on principle component analysis (PCA) to filter out multiplicative noise from ultrasound images is presented in this paper. An image with speckle noise is segmented into small dyadic lengths, depending on the original size of the image, and the global covariance matrix is found. A projection matrix is then formed by selecting the maximum eigenvectors of the global covariance matrix. This projection matrix is used to filter speckle noise by projecting each segment into the signal subspace. The approach is based on the assumption that the signal and noise are independent and that the signal subspace is spanned by a subset of few principal eigenvectors. When applied on simulated and real ultrasound images, the proposed approach has outperformed some popular nonlinear denoising techniques such as 2D wavelets, 2D total variation filtering, and 2D anisotropic diffusion filtering in terms of edge preservation and maximum cleaning of speckle noise. It has also showed lower sensitivity to outliers resulting from the log transformation of the multiplicative noise.
Boosting ced using robust orientation estimationijma
In this paper, Coherence Enhancement Diffusion (CED) is boosted feeding external orientation using new
robust orientation estimation. In CED, proper scale selection is very important as the gradient vector at
that scale reflects the orientation of local ridge. For this purpose a new scheme is proposed in which pre
calculated orientation, by using local and integration scales. From the experiments it is found the proposed
scheme is working much better in noisy environment as compared to the traditional Coherence
Enhancement Diffusion
Survey Paper on Image Denoising Using Spatial Statistic son PixelIJERA Editor
The classical non-local means image denoising approach, the value of a pixel is determined based on the weighted average of other pixels, where the weights are determined based on a fixed isotropic ally weighted similarity function between the local neighbourhoods. It is demonstrate that noticeably improved perceptual quality can be achieved through the use of adaptive anisotropic ally weighted similarity functions between local neighbourhoods. This is accomplished by adapting the similarity weighing function in an anisotropic manner based on the perceptual characteristics of the underlying image content derived efficiently based on the Mexican Hat wavelet. Experimental results show that the it can be used to provide improved perceptual quality in the denoised image both quantitatively and qualitatively when compared to existing methods.
Review of Use of Nonlocal Spectral – Spatial Structured Sparse Representation...IJERA Editor
Noise reduction may be a vigorous analysis area in image method due to its importance in up the quality of image for object detection and classification. Throughout this paper, we've got a bent to develop a skinny illustration based noise reduction methodology for the hyperspectral imaging , that depends on the thought that the non-noise part in associate discovered signal is sparsely rotten over a redundant lexicon whereas the noise part does not have this property. The foremost contribution of the paper is at intervals the introduction of nonlocal similarity and spectral-spatial structure of hyperspectral imaging into skinny illustration. Non-locality suggests that the self-similarity of image, by that a full image is partitioned into some groups containing similar patches. The similar patches in each cluster unit sparsely delineate with a shared set of atoms throughout a lexicon making true signal and noise extra merely separated. Sparse illustration with spectral-spatial structure can exploit spectral and spatial joint correlations of hyperspectral imaging by victimization 3D blocks rather than 2-D patches for skinny secret writing, which collectively makes true signal and noise extra distinguished. Moreover, hyperspectral imaging has every signal-independent and signal-dependent noises, thus a mixed Poisson and man of science noise model is used. In order to create skinny illustration be insensitive to various noise distribution in numerous blocks, a variance-fitting transformation (VFT) is used to create their variance comparable, the advantages of the projected ways unit valid on every artificial and real hyperspectral remote sensing data sets.
Reduced Ordering Based Approach to Impulsive Noise Suppression in Color ImagesIDES Editor
In this paper a novel filtering design intended for
the impulsive noise removal in color images is presented.
The described scheme utilizes the rank weighted cumulated
distances between the pixels belonging to the local filtering
window. The impulse detection scheme is based on the
difference between the aggregated weighted distances assigned
to the central pixel of the window and the minimum value,
which corresponds to the rank weighted vector median. If the
difference exceeds an adaptively determined threshold value,
then the processed pixel is replaced by the mean of the
neighboring pixels, which were found to be not corrupted,
otherwise it is retained. The important feature of the described
filtering framework is its ability to effectively suppress
impulsive noise, while preserving fine image details. The
comparison with the state-of-the-art denoising schemes
revealed that the proposed filter yields better restoration
results in terms of objective restoration quality measures.
IMPROVEMENT OF BM3D ALGORITHM AND EMPLOYMENT TO SATELLITE AND CFA IMAGES DENO...ijistjournal
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International Journal of Image Processing, Volume (4): Issue (1) 66
Image Denoising Using Earth Mover's Distance and Local
Histograms
Nezamoddin N. Kachouie nezam.nk@gmail.com
Department of Systems Design Engineering,
University of Waterloo,Waterloo, ON, Canada
Present Affiliation: Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology
Harvard Medical School,Cambridge,MA,USA
Abstract
In this paper an adaptive range and domain filtering is presented. In the
proposed method local histograms are computed to tune the range and domain
extensions of bilateral filter. Noise histogram is estimated to measure the noise
level at each pixel in the noisy image. The extensions of range and domain filters
are determined based on pixel noise level. Experimental results show that the
proposed method effectively removes the noise while preserves the details. The
proposed method performs better than bilateral filter and restored test images
have higher signal to noise ratio than those obtained by applying popular
Bayesshrink wavelet denoising method.
Keywords: Denoising, Bilateral filtering, Local histogram, Earth mover’s distance.
1. INTRODUCTION
Noise elimination is an important concern in image processing and computer vision. Images
obtained from the real world are corrupted with noise. The image noise might decrease to some
negligible levels under ideal conditions such that denoising is not necessary, but in general to
recover the image the corrupting noise must be removed for practical purposes. Noise makes
ambiguities in the underlying signal relative to its observed form by perturbations which are not
related to the scene under study. The goal of denoising is to remove the noise and to retain the
important signal features as much as possible. Linear filters, which consist of convolving the
image with a constant matrix to obtain a linear combination of neighborhood values, have been
widely used for noise elimination in the presence of additive noise. However they can produce a
blurred and smoothed image with poor feature localization and incomplete noise suppression.
Gaussian filters are typical linear filters that have been widely used for image denoising.
Gaussian filters assume that image signals have smooth spatial variations and pixels in a
neighborhood have close values, so noise will be suppressed while signal will be preserved by
averaging pixel values over a local neighborhood. The assumption of slow spatial signal
variations works well in smooth regions; however it fails and undesirably blurs the signal where
spatial variations are high such as edges.
To overcome this shortcoming and prevent undesirable blurring in regions with high spatial signal
variations, a number of filters in spatial and spatial-frequency domain are proposed. The most
popular ones in spatial domain are anisotropic diffusion [1-3], bilateral filtering and its extensions
[4-8]. Diffusion based methods iteratively solve partial differential equations and average the
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signal over spatial neighborhood whose extension is determined based on local signal variations.
Bilateral filtering also known as range and domain filtering is a non-linear filter which performs
weighted averaging in both range and domain.
Bilateral filtering was introduced by Tomasi and Manduchi [4] to smooth noisy images while
preserve edges using neighboring pixels. Bilateral filtering is a local, nonlinear, and noniterative
technique which considers both gray level (color) similarities and geometric closeness of the
neighboring pixels. In a traditional domain filter, weight of the pixels decays by distance from the
center of the filter. Low pass filters assume that spatial variations is slow over the image, so by
weighted averaging of pixel values in a neighborhood, noise will be averaged away while the
signal will be preserved. However, this assumption fails at edges where the spatial variations are
not smooth and application of the low pass filter blurs the edges. Bilateral filter overcomes this by
filtering the image in both range and domain. Pixels in a neighborhood are considered close
either based on their spatial location (domain), or based on their pixel values (range). Therefore
bilateral filter averages pixel values based on weights that decay by both distance and pixel
dissimilarity.
There are several extensions to improve bilateral filtering [5-8]. In [6], a training-based bilateral
filtering is proposed where a general degradation model is considered for degraded images. Then
a restoration algorithm is developed to restore the degraded images with unknown degradation
process. Therefore, the success of restoration process depends on the general definition of
degradation model. In [7,8], different methods to speed up the bilateral filtering have been
proposed.
Nonlinear filters in spatial-frequency domain have also been proposed to preserve detail signal
and suppress the noise. The most popular ones are wavelet based denoising techniques [9-12].
In wavelet based denoising methods, the noise is estimated and wavelet coefficients are
thresholded to separate signal and noise. Various approaches to nonlinear wavelet-based
denoising have been introduced among them Bayesshrink wavelet denoising is developed in the
Bayesian framework and has been widely used for image denoising [10-11].
In this paper, an adaptive technique is proposed to tune the extensions of range and domain
filters. In the proposed method, the distance of the local histogram from the estimated noise
histogram is measured using earth mover's distance. The measured distance at each spatial
location is then used for adaptive tuning of bilateral filter. The proposed method provides
promising results and effectively removes the noise while preserves the signal characteristics.
The proposed method is presented in the next section followed by results and conclusions.
2. The Proposed Method
Let pure signal S (here an image) be distorted by additive noise n. We can write
where I is the noisy signal. The goal of denoising is separating signal S and noise n by estimating
n such that S can be extracted from I:
This can be done by applying a filter h to the signal I
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where traditionally h is defined as a local filter assigning higher weights to neighboring pixels
which are spatially closer to the central pixel xc of the neighborhood. A popular and simple case
of h is Gaussian filter
where µd = xc is the central pixel of the neighborhood such that d(x, µd) = |x - µd | is the Euclidean
distance between xc and a neighboring pixel x. Gaussian domain filtering by using a Gaussian
filter averages away noise and preserves the signal in smooth regions, however in the same way
it averages away and blurs signal details such as edges. A popular solution to solve this problem
is employing bilateral filter [4].
Bilateral Filter
Bilateral filter combines range and domain filtering
where the range filter averages the signal values in a neighborhood by assigning the weights
based on the similarity of the neighboring pixels and the central pixel:
where µr = I(µd) = I(xc) is the intensity value of the central pixel of the neighborhood such that
r(I(x), µr) = |I(x) - µr| is the absolute intensity difference of the central and a neighboring pixel x.
Bilateral filtering overcomes the shortcomings of linear domain filtering by combining the linear
domain filter with a nonlinear range filter. As a result bilateral filter preserves signal details such
as edges while suppresses noise, however it considers fix parameters (σd, σr) for extensions of
both domain and range filters. The performance of bilateral filter can be improved by adaptively
tuning the filter parameters over the image based on the spatial noise level.
Adaptive Range and Domain Filtering
In the proposed method, to improve the performance of bilateral filtering, spatial noise level is
locally estimated to determine the filter parameters (σd, σr).
To estimate the local spatial noise level nl, the image noise histogram ng is estimated and
compared with the local signal. To compare two probability density functions (PDFs), a number of
nonparametric models have been used including minimizing the comparison א2
function between
two PDFs.
The א2
distance between histograms of two delta functions δ(x1) and δ(x2) where x1 ≠ x2 is the
same regardless of the distance between x1 and x2. This is not generally suitable for many image
processing applications where different smooth regions could be represented with disjoint δ
functions.
The earth mover's distance (EMD) or the Wasserstein distance is a mathematical measure to
compare distributions (histograms). EMD was first introduced by Gaspard Monge in 1781, it was
later used as a distance measure for intensity images [13]. The EMD between two distributions is
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the least work that is required to move one distribution to another such that two distributions
completely cover each other.
Let Ha and Hb be two normalized histograms with cumulative distributions Ca and Cb respectively.
EMD between Ha and Hb is defined by
Local histogram for each pixel x in image I is computed over the neighborhood w consisting pixel
x and its neighboring pixels. The EMD is then computed to compare the normalized local
histogram Hx and image noise histogram ng
where Cx and Cn are cumulative distributions of Hx and ng respectively. The extensions of domain
and range filters (σd and σr) at each pixel x are set using E(Hx, ng). The domain filter extension at
pixel x is defined as
and we have
where E(Hx, ng) is normalized EMD between noise and pixel histograms, σ is the filter extension
parameter, and d is considered to avoid domain filter extension σd to be set to zero. The range
filter extension also is tuned based on E(Hx, ng)
and we have
where r is considered to avoid range filter extension σr to be set to zero.
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TABLE 1: Comparison of the proposed method with bilateral and
Bayesshrink wavelet filtering methods.
Clearly there is a tradeoff here to choose the domain filter extension σd: as the filter extension σd
expands the number of neighborhood elements grows, allowing for greater noise reduction in the
computation but at the same time causing greater spatial blurring by fusion of values from more
distant locations. Moreover, the range filter essentially compresses the image histogram by fusion
of pixel values and is set by σr.
In the proposed method the maximum of σd and σr are set by σ based on equations (9) and (11).
As 0 ≤ (1 - E) ≤ 1, for pixels which are contaminated with high noise, the distance between noise
and the pixel histograms E is small, therefore (1 - E) will be large. Considering σ is fixed, σd will
be large allowing the neighborhood to be extended for greater noise reduction while σr will be
large based on (11) to allow significant histogram compression.
On the other hand for pixels which are contaminated with low noise, E is large, therefore (1 - E) is
small, and in turn σd will be small avoiding the neighborhood to be extended which in turn it
allows less blurring. Considering that the pixel either is not contaminated with noise or is
contaminated with low noise, σd will be small. Pixels have close values in small neighborhood,
therefore σr will be small avoiding significant histogram compression.
Noise Histogram Estimation
To estimate the noise histogram (ng), the local variance is first computed. Considering the local
neighborhood w, the local variance of pixel x is defined as:
where Nw is the number of pixels in the neighborhood w and
Noise histogram ng is estimated by computing the histogram of the local variance image. Further,
we set σ = σn where the noise power σn
2
is estimated by obtaining the mean of local variance
image:
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Finally, the local histogram Hx is computed for each pixel x and EMD is used to measure the
distance between noise histogram ng and local histogram Hx. The schematic of noise histogram
estimation is depicted in Fig. 1.
Figure 1: Noise histogram estimation
3. Results and CONSLUSION
To test the proposed method five test images were used. Test images were corrupted by additive
Gaussian noise with standard deviation of 15 and 25. The proposed method, the original bilateral
filter, and a popular wavelet denoising method so called Bayesshrink wavelet denoising were
applied to the corrupted test images. The recovered images applying aforementioned three
methods were compared both based on PSNR and visual quality. The results are summarized in
Tab. 1.
As we can observe in Tab. 1 for additive Gaussian noise with standard deviation of 15, the
proposed method performs better than the original bilateral filtering method. It gains higher PSNR
than both the original bilateral filtering and Bayesshrink wavelet denoising methods for all of the
test images. The recovered images applying the proposed method have also better visual quality.
The recovered images applying Bayesshrink wavelet and the proposed method are depicted in
Fig. 2. The proposed method performs better and the restored image gains higher PSNR (Tab.
1). It has also a better visual quality than that of Bayesshrink method which can be observed by a
closer look. Fig. 3 shows the Boat noisy image and EMD computed for the noisy image. The
denoised Boat image using the original bilateral filtering, Bayesshrink wavelet, and the proposed
method are depicted in this figure.
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Figure 2: Restored Lena test image: (a) Bayesshrink wavelet. (b) The proposed method.
Figure 3: Boat test image: (a) Original image. (b) Noisy. (c) EMD computed for (b).
(d) Bilateral. (e) Bayesshrink wavelet. (f) The proposed method.
Fig. 4 shows the application of bilateral filter and the proposed method to the Cameraman test
image where the image is corrupted with additive Gaussian noise with σn = 25. The application of
Bilateral filtering and the proposed method to Goldhill test image which is corrupted with additive
Gaussian noise with σn = 15 is depicted in Fig. 5. Fig. 6 shows the comparison of the
Bayesshrink, bilateral, and the proposed method where they are applied to the Lena test image
corrupted with additive Gaussian noise with σn = 15. As we can observe in Fig. 4-6, the proposed
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method performs better and produces smoother results while the details are better preserved in
comparison with bilateral filter and the Bayesshrink. It also gains higher PSNR (Tab. 1).
In this paper an adaptive range and domain filtering method based on local histograms was
introduced. The noise histogram is estimated and the extensions of range and domain filters are
tuned at each spatial location by measuring the distance between the pixel's and noise
histograms using earth mover's distance. The proposed method was applied to several test
images and its performance was compared with the original bilateral filtering and Bayesshrink
wavelet denoising methods. The experimental results obtained by the proposed method showed
the improvement of the visual image quality and increase of PSNR in comparison with the
bilateral filtering and Bayesshrink wavelet.
Figure 4: Cameraman test image: (a) Original image. (b) Noisy image (PSNR = 20.65).
(c) Bilateral filtering (PSNR = 24.70). (d) The proposed method (PSNR = 26.00).
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Figure 5: Goldhill test image: (a) Original image. (b) Noisy image (PSNR = 24.71).
(c) Bilateral filtering (PSNR = 27.81). (d) The proposed method (PSNR = 28.56).
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Figure 6: Lena test image: (a) Original image. (b) Bayesshrink (PSNR = 29.06).
(c) Bilateral filtering (PSNR = 28.70). (d) The proposed method (PSNR = 30.09).
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