The APEX method in image sharpening and the use of low exponent levy stable laws

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 593-618

  Carasso, Alfred S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

APEX method; Astronomical, Landsat, and SEM images; Blind deconvolution; Direct methods; Electronic imaging systems; Heavy tailed distributions; Image deblurring; Low exponent stable laws; MRI and PET brain scans; Nonuniqueness; SECB method

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

IMAGE DEBLURRING;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 0011578794     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036139901389318     Document Type: Article

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