Automatic parameter selection for denoising algorithms using a no-reference measure of image content

IEEE Transactions on Image Processing

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3116-3132

  Zhu, Xiang ^a   Milanfar, Peyman ^a  

^a University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

Author keywords

Denoising; no reference metric; parameter optimization; sharpness; singular value decomposition

Indexed keywords

DE-NOISING; NO REFERENCES; PARAMETER OPTIMIZATION; SHARPNESS; SINGULAR VALUES;

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE QUALITY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; NOISE POLLUTION CONTROL; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RISK PERCEPTION;

SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

EID: 78649236394     PISSN: 10577149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIP.2010.2052820     Document Type: Article

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