Some improvements for image filtering using peer group techniques

Image and Vision Computing

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 188-201

  Camarena, Joan Gerard ^a   Gregori, Valentín ^a   Morillas, Samuel ^a   Sapena, Almanzor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptive filter; Color image denoising; Peer group filter; Switching filter; Vector filter

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE FILTERING; ADAPTIVE FILTERS; COLOR; ELECTRIC FILTERS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMPULSE NOISE; PIXELS;

APPROPRIATE DISTANCES; COLOR IMAGE DENOISING; COLOR IMAGES; DISJOINT BLOCKS; FAST CLASSIFICATION; GRAY SCALE; IMAGE DATA; IMAGE FILTERING; IMAGE PIXELS; IMPULSIVE NOISE; NOISE DETECTION; PEER GROUP FILTER; PEER GROUPS; SIMILARITY MEASURE; STATE-OF-THE-ART METHODS; SWITCHING FILTER;

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY;

EID: 70449523453     PISSN: 02628856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imavis.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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