A robust and fast non-local means algorithm for image denoising

Journal of Computer Science and Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 270-279

  Liu, Yan Li ^a,b   Wang, Jin ^a   Chen, Xi ^a   Guo, Yan Wen ^c   Peng, Qun Sheng ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

FFT; Image denoising; Laplacian pyramid; Non local means; Summed square image

Indexed keywords

IMAGE DENOISING; LAPLACIAN PYRAMID; SUMMED SQUARE IMAGE;

ALGORITHMS; ROBUST CONTROL;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 42149154878     PISSN: 10009000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11390-008-9129-8     Document Type: Article

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