An improved hybrid model for molecular image denoising

Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-79

  Rajan, Jeny ^a   Kannan, K ^a   Kaimal, M R ^b  

^a Medical Imaging Research Group   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

Author keywords

Fourth order PDEs; Hybrid filter; Molecular images; Relaxed median filter

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FLUORESCENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FOURTH ORDER PDES; HYBRID FILTERS; MOLECULAR IMAGES; RELAXED MEDIAN FILTERS;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 43449097210     PISSN: 09249907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10851-008-0067-4     Document Type: Article

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