Automatic noise estimation in images using local statistics. Additive and multiplicative cases

Image and Vision Computing

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 756-770

  Aja Fernández, Santiago ^a   Vegas Sánchez Ferrero, Gonzalo ^a   Martín Fernández, Marcos ^a   Alberola López, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gaussian noise; Local statistics; Mode; Noise estimation; Restoration

Indexed keywords

GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); RESTORATION; TRELLIS CODES;

COEFFICIENT OF VARIATIONS; GAUSSIAN NOISE; ITERATIVE FILTERING; LOCAL STATISTICS; LOCAL VARIANCES; MODE; MULTIPLICATIVE MODELS; NOISE ESTIMATION; NOVEL METHODS; SAMPLE VARIANCES;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 63449100851     PISSN: 02628856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imavis.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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