A novel two-stage impulse noise removal technique based on neural networks and fuzzy decision

IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 863-873

  Liang, Sheng Fu ^a   Lu, Shih Mao ^b   Chang, Jyh Yeong ^b   Lin, Chin Teng ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fuzzy decision system; Human visual system (HVS); Impulse noise; Neural network (NN); Noise removal

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BACKPROPAGATION ALGORITHMS; BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; FEEDFORWARD NEURAL NETWORKS; FUZZY NEURAL NETWORKS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMPULSE NOISE; STAGES; VEGETATION;

FUZZY DECISION SYSTEM; HUMAN VISUAL SYSTEM (HVS); NEURAL NETWORK (NN); NOISE REMOVAL; TWO STAGES;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 50849144920     PISSN: 10636706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TFUZZ.2008.917297     Document Type: Article

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