A new efficient impulse detection algorithm for the removal of impulse noise

IEICE Transactions on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences

Volumn E88-A, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2579-2586

  Luo, Wenbin ^a  

^a ST MARY'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Image processing; Impulse detection; Impulse noise; Median filtering

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; IMAGE PROCESSING; ITERATIVE METHODS; PROBABILITY; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION;

CORRUPTED IMAGES; IMPULSE DETECTION; IMPULSE NOISE DETECTION; MEDIAN FILTERING;

IMPULSE NOISE;

EID: 27544436178     PISSN: 09168508     EISSN: 17451337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ietfec/e88-a.10.2579     Document Type: Conference Paper

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