Noise reduction for CFA image Sensors exploiting HVS behaviour

Sensors

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1692-1713

  Bosco, Angelo ^a   Battiato, Sebastiano ^b   Bruna, Arcangelo ^a   Rizzo, Rosetta ^b  

^a STMICROELECTRONICS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Color filter array; HVS; Noise reduction; Texture detection

Indexed keywords

CCD/CMOS IMAGE SENSORS; COLOR FILTER ARRAYS; COLOR FILTERING ARRAYS; HUMAN VISUAL SYSTEM; HVS; IMAGING CAPABILITIES; SPATIAL NOISE; TEXTURE DETECTION;

COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE SENSORS; MOBILE DEVICES; TEXTURES;

NOISE ABATEMENT;

EID: 63849107171     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s90301692     Document Type: Article

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