A noise free estimation switching median filter for detection and removal of impulse noise in images

European Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 564-582

  Jayaraj, V ^a   Ebenezer, D ^b   Vijayakumar, V R ^c  

^a SRI KRISHNA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b R M K ENGINEERING COLLEGE   (India)

^c ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cascade filter; Image denoising; Impulse noise detection; Switching Median Filter; Unsymmetric Trimmed Median filter

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953835918     PISSN: 1450216X     EISSN: 1450202X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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