Optimal unsharp mask for image sharpening and noise removal

Journal of Electronic Imaging

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1-13

  Kim, Sang Ho ^a   Allebach, Jan P ^b  

^a SAMSUNG Electronics   (South Korea)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL IMAGING SYSTEM; IMAGE SHARPENING; NOISE REMOVAL; UNSHARP MASK FILTER;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CAMERAS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCRETE FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FIR FILTERS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 23444447263     PISSN: 10179909     EISSN: 1560229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1924510     Document Type: Article

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