Image denoising using bivariate α-stable distributions in the complex wavelet domain

IEEE Signal Processing Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-20

  Achim, Alin ^a,b   Kuruoǧlu, Ercan E ^a  

^a ISTI CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alpha stable distributions; Bivariate models; MAP estimation; Monte Carlo methods; Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICAL METHODS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

BIVARIATE ALPHA-STABLE DISTRIBUTIONS; BIVARIATE MODELS; COMPLEX WAVELET DOMAIN; IMAGE DENOISING; MAXIMUM A POSTERIORI (MAP) ESTIMATION;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

EID: 11844300380     PISSN: 10709908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LSP.2004.839692     Document Type: Article

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