Bio-Interactive Healthcare Service System Using Lifelog Based Context Computing

Intelligent bio-sensor information processing was developed using lifelog based context aware technology to provide a flexible and dynamic range of diagnostic capabilities to satisfy healthcare requirements in ubiquitous and mobile computing environments. To accomplish this, various noise signals were grouped into six categories by context estimation and effectively reconfigured noise reduction filters by neural network and genetic algorithm. The neural network-based control module effectively selected an optimal filter block by noise context-based clustering in running mode, and filtering performance was improved by genetic algorithm in evolution mode. Due to its adaptive criteria, genetic algorithm was used to explore the action configuration for each identified bio-context to implement our concept. Our proposed Bio-interactive healthcare service system adopts the concepts of biological context-awareness with evolutionary computations in working environments modeled and identified as bio-sensors based environmental contexts. We used an unsupervised learning algorithm for lifelog based context modeling and a supervised learning algorithm for context identification.     

基于改进三维块匹配滤波的红外全息降噪算法北大核心CSCD

红外全息技术更适用于长距离的大视场成像,但其散斑噪声与高斯噪声对图像质量的影响也更加显著,限制了红外全息技术的应用与推广。本文通过引入全局傅立叶阈值与自适应维纳滤波的方法对三维块匹配滤波算法进行优化,提高了其对红外全息图像降噪的适应性与细节保留,得到改进的三维块匹配滤波算法,并与多种采用传统滤波方法的结果进行了对比。结果表明,改进后的算法可以在对红外全息图像中的高斯噪声等环境噪声与散斑噪声进行降噪的同时保留更多细节,是一种更加适用于红外全息图像的降噪方法。     

Image denoising via local and nonlocal circulant similarity

A patch based image denoising method is developed in this paper by introducing a new type of image self-similarity. This self-similarity is obtained by cyclic shift, which is called “circulant similarity”. Given a corrupted image patch, it can be estimated by incorporating circulant similarity into a weighted averaging filter. By choosing an appropriate kernel as weight function, the patch filter is implemented by circular convolution, and can be efficiently solved using fast Fourier transform. In addition, the circulant similarity can be enhanced by using nonlocal modeling. We stack the similar image patches into 3D groups, and propose a denoising scheme based on group estimation across the patches. Numerical experiments demonstrate that the proposed method with local circulant similarity outperforms much its local filtering based counterparts, and the proposed method with nonlocal circulant similarity shows very competitive performance with state-of-the-art denoising method, especially on images corrupted by strong noise.     

基于噪声估计的自适应开关型中值滤波器

提出了一种基于噪声估计的自适应开关型中值滤波器(IASMNE,improved adaptive switching median filter based on noise estimation)。IASMNE以图像经小波变换后在不同尺度和不同方向提取的子带滤波系数值的统计信息构成刻画图像受噪声干扰程度的特征矢量,在大量噪声图像上获得的特征矢量为学习数据集,并利用支持向量回归(SVR)分析实现对图像中噪声比例的准确估计。基于此,IASMNE对高、中、低不同噪声比例图像启动不同的滤波策略,并灵活设置滤波参数。大量实验表明,与其它开关型滤波器相比,IASMNE能够合理地根据图像噪声干扰程度进行最佳滤波,尤其是对于大于70%的椒盐噪声(SPN)能够大幅度提高图像质量。     

Gabor feature based nonlocal means filter for textured image denoising

The nonlocal means (NLM) filter has distinct advantages over traditional image denoising techniques. However, in spite of its simplicity, the pixel value-based self-similarity measure used by the NLM filter is intrinsically less robust when applied to images with non-stationary contents. In this paper, we use Gabor-based texture features to measure the self-similarity, and thus propose the Gabor feature based NLM (GFNLM) filter for textured image denoising. This filter recovers noise-corrupted images by replacing each pixel value with the weighted sum of pixel values in its search window, where each weight is defined based on the Gabor-based texture similarity measure. The GFNLM filter has been compared to the classical NLM filter and four other state-of-the-art image denoising algorithms in textured images degraded by additive Gaussian noise. Our results show that the proposed GFNLM filter can denoise textured images more effectively and robustly while preserving the texture information.     

一种小波域与空域相结合的图像滤波方法

利用小波阈值去噪方法和传统空间域Lee 滤波的特点, 提出了一种图像去噪的的组合滤波方案。首先在小波域对图像阈值去噪, 得到预去噪图像; 再在空间域上利用自适应Wiener 滤波器进一步提高恢复图像的精度。为了保证小波域和空间域两种算法之间的匹配, 对预去噪图像中残留噪声的分布进行了研究, 对其噪声方差估计做了改进, 提出了一种估计噪声方差的近似最优公式。仿真实验表明, 与单独的在小波域或空域去噪相比, 该方法的均方误差和信噪比指标均得到了改善。     

PCA-Based Spatially Adaptive Denoising of CFA Images for Single-Sensor Digital Cameras

Single-sensor digital color cameras use a process called color demosaicking to produce full color images from the data captured by a color filter array (CFA). The quality of demosaicked images is degraded due to the sensor noise introduced during the image acquisition process. The conventional solution to combating CFA sensor noise is demosaicking first, followed by a separate denoising processing. This strategy will generate many noise-caused color artifacts in the demosaicking process, which are hard to remove in the denoising process. Few denoising schemes that work directly on the CFA images have been presented because of the difficulties arisen from the red, green and blue interlaced mosaic pattern, yet a well designed “denoising first and demosaicking later” scheme can have advantages such as less noise-caused color artifacts and cost-effective implementation. This paper presents a principle component analysis (PCA) based spatially-adaptive denoising algorithm, which works directly on the CFA data using a supporting window to analyze the local image statistics. By exploiting the spatial and spectral correlations existed in the CFA image, the proposed method can effectively suppress noise while preserving color edges and details. Experiments using both simulated and real CFA images indicate that the proposed scheme outperforms many existing approaches, including those sophisticated demosaicking and denoising schemes, in terms of both objective measurement and visual evaluation.      

一种小波域与空域相结合的图像滤波方法

利用小波阈值去噪方法和传统空间域Lee滤波的特点,提出了一种图像去噪的的组合滤波方案。首先在小波域对图像阈值去噪,得到预去噪图像;再在空间域上利用自适应Wiener滤波器进一步提高恢复图像的精度。为了保证小波域和空间域两种算法之间的匹配,对预去噪图像中残留噪声的分布进行了研究,对其噪声方差估计做了改进,提出了一种估计噪声方差的近似最优公式。仿真实验表明,与单独的在小波域或空域去噪相比,该方法的均方误差和信噪比指标均得到了改善。     

Fast Multi-Hypothesis Motion Compensated Filter for Video Denoising

Multi-Hypothesis motion compensated filter (MHMCF) utilizes a number of hypotheses (temporal predictions) to estimate the current pixel which is corrupted with noise. While showing remarkable denoising results, MHMCF is computationally intensive as full search is employed in the expectation of finding good temporal predictions in the presence of noise. In the frame of MHMCF, a fast denoising algorithm FMHMCF is proposed in this paper. With edge preserved low-pass prefiltering and noise-robust fast multihypothesis search, FMHMCF could find reliable hypotheses while checking very few search locations, so that the denoising process can be dramatically accelerated. Experimental results show that FMHMCF can be 10 to 14 times faster than MHMCF, while achieving the same or even better denoising performance with up to 1.93 dB PSNR (peak-signal-noise-ratio) improvement.     

基于第二代bandelets的图像去噪

本文提出一种基于第二代bandelets,并结合多层阈值和自适应Wiener滤波的图像去噪方法.第二代bandelets能充分利用图像内在的几何正则性,自适应获得图像的最优表示;多层阈值符合小波多尺度域的系数统计特性;维纳滤波可以有效去除阈值去噪带来的纹理效应.实验结果表明:该去噪方法与基于小波变换的方法相比,作用于含有加性高斯白噪声的光学图像时,避免了小波变换带来的边界的振铃效应,并在峰值信噪比上有一定的改善;作用于合成孔径雷达图像中的相干斑抑制时,不论从视觉效果还是等效视数和比值图等衡量指标上都取得了较好的效果.     

Using Sorted Switching Median Filter to remove high-density impulse noises

We propose a novel Sorted Switching Median Filter (i.e. SSMF) for effectively denoising extremely corrupted images while preserving the image details. The center pixel is considered as “uncorrupted” or “corrupted” noise in the detecting stage. The corrupted pixels that possess more noise-free surroundings will have higher processing priority in the SSMF sorting and filtering stages to rescue the heavily noisy neighbors. Five noise models are considered to assess the performance of the proposed SSMF algorithm. Several extensive simulation results conducted on both grayscale and color images with a wide range (from 10% to 90%) of noise corruption clearly show that the proposed SSMF substantially outperforms all other existing median-based filters.     

基于小波变换的结构光光条图像去噪方法

结构光光条图像通常受到大量噪声的干扰,会对光条图像分析的造成影响。本文通过对结构光光条图像的噪声特点的分析,结合中值滤波和小波去噪特性,提出基于自适应中值滤波和改进小波重构的去噪方法。用本文提出的方法对结构光光条图像进行去噪处理,并与传统小波软阈值去噪法等其他去噪方法结果进行对比。使用客观的评价标准对两种方法去噪效果进行评价,结果表明,本文提出的去噪方法对结构光光条图像有更好的去噪效果。     

改进小波阈值在红外热波无损检测中的应用

近二十年来红外热波无损检测技术迅速发展,并在较多领域都得到了普遍应用,但碍于其易受环境影响和工作元件不均匀的特殊性,非制冷红外热像仪原始热波图总存在一定程度的噪声污染,因此对原始热波图进行去噪处理是该技术的关键步骤。传统的改进小波阈值去噪方法局限于对阈值进行自适应分解尺度的改造,使阈值函数平滑连续保真。在噪声方差估计方面没有针对性的方法,而噪声的方差估计是阈值的关键变量,这决定了小波阈值去噪的效果。本文将根据红外图像噪声特性建立混合噪声模型,在噪声模型的基础上进行噪声方差估计、改进阈值及阈值函数,通过软件获取最佳函数参数,最后对仿真模拟结果进行分析,对真实图像进行处理评价,结果表明经改进后的小波阈值去噪方法相对于传统阈值去噪方法和部分滤波去噪方法具有更好的去噪效果。     

Bilateral filtering with adaptation to phase coherence and noise

In this paper, a bilateral filter with adaptive domain and range parameter is introduced for image denoising. Since the objective of denoising is to reduce noise as much as possible while preserving the perceptually important details, the parameters are adjusted in accordance with perceptual significance of pixels and noise level. The domain parameter is obtained by using the maximum and minimum moments of local phase coherence for being the representative of image details such as edges and corners of an image. The range parameter is estimated from the intensity-homogeneity measurements for their ability to represent the underlying noise. In addition, the filter is applied in an iterative manner to reduce the residual noise. Experiments are carried out using various standard images, and the results show that the proposed method is more effective in reducing additive white Gaussian noise as compared to several recently introduced denoising techniques in terms of the peak signal-to-noise ratio, structural similarity index and visual quality. In addition, experiments performed using real noisy images reveal the ability of the proposed filter to provide denoised images of better visual quality.     

基于提升小波变换和中值滤波的图像去噪方法研究

针对实际拍摄的背景复杂、目标对比度和信噪比低的图像,在综合考滤图像去噪平滑效果、图像清晰程度和时间复杂度的基础上,提出一种基于提升小波变换和中值滤波的图像去噪方法.首先对含噪图像进行提升小波分解,再在图像高频部分进行中值滤波以改善图像的消噪效果,最后采用信噪比(SNR)与均方根误差(RMSE)和图像灰度曲面图作为图像去噪效果的评估,将提升小波变换和中值滤波相结合的图像去噪方法与小波去噪、小波与中值滤波结合消噪等进行对比实验.实验结果表明,该方法既能消除图像噪声又能达到保持其图像边缘要求,且时间度较低.     

Wavelet-based image denoising using a Markov random field a priorimodel

This paper describes a new method for the suppression of noise in images via the wavelet transform. The method relies on two measures. The first is a classic measure of smoothness of the image and is based on an approximation of the local Holder exponent via the wavelet coefficients. The second, novel measure takes into account geometrical constraints, which are generally valid for natural images. The smoothness measure and the constraints are combined in a Bayesian probabilistic formulation, and are implemented as a Markov random field (MRF) image model. The manipulation of the wavelet coefficients is consequently based on the obtained probabilities. A comparison of quantitative and qualitative results for test images demonstrates the improved noise suppression performance with respect to previous wavelet-based image denoising methods.     

Multiresolution Bilateral Filtering for Image Denoising

The bilateral filter is a nonlinear filter that does spatial averaging without smoothing edges; it has shown to be an effective image denoising technique. An important issue with the application of the bilateral filter is the selection of the filter parameters, which affect the results significantly. There are two main contributions of this paper. The first contribution is an empirical study of the optimal bilateral filter parameter selection in image denoising applications. The second contribution is an extension of the bilateral filter: multiresolution bilateral filter, where bilateral filtering is applied to the approximation (low-frequency) subbands of a signal decomposed using a wavelet filter bank. The multiresolution bilateral filter is combined with wavelet thresholding to form a new image denoising framework, which turns out to be very effective in eliminating noise in real noisy images. Experimental results with both simulated and real data are provided.      

Robust NL-Means Filter With Optimal Pixel-Wise Smoothing Parameter for Statistical Image Denoising

Most denoising methods require that some smoothing parameters be set manually to optimize their performance. Among these methods, a new filter based on nonlocal weighting (NL-means filter) has been shown to have a very attractive denoising capacity. In this paper, we propose fixing the smoothing parameter of this filter automatically. The smoothing parameter corresponds to the bandwidth h of a local constant regression. We use the C_p statistic embedded in Newton's method to optimize h in a point-wise fashion. This statistic also has the advantage of being a reliable measure of the quality of the denoising process for each pixel. In addition, we introduce a robust regression in the NL-means filter designed to greatly reduce the blur yielded by the weighting. Finally, we show how the automatic denoising model can be extended to images degraded by multiplicative noise. Experiments conducted on images with additive and multiplicative noise demonstrate a high denoising power with a degree of detail preservation...     

PSO-based learning of sub-band adaptive thresholding function for image denoising

In this paper, a new computationally efficient approach has been proposed for denoising the images which are corrupted by Gaussian noise. In this approach, relatively recent category of stochastic global optimization technique i.e., particle swarm optimization (PSO) technique have been proposed for learning the parameters of adaptive thresholding function required for optimum performance. The proposed PSO-based denoising approach not only speeds up the optimization but also improves the performance in comparison with wavelet transform-based thresholding neural network (WT-TNN) approach. The results obtained shows better edge preservation performance with bior6.8 wavelet filter when compared to db8 wavelet filter. Further, problem of dependency of learning time on initial value of thresholding parameters and noise level in the image have been sorted out in the proposed approach.     

Gray-level image denoising with an improved weighted sparse coding

The nonlocal self-similarity of images means that groups of similar patches have low-dimensional property. The property has been previously used for image denoising, with particularly notable success via sparse coding. However, only a few studies have focused on the varying statistics of noise in different similar patches during the iterative denoising process. This has motivated us to introduce an improved weighted sparse coding for gray-level image denoising in this paper. On the basis of traditional sparse coding, we introduce a weight matrix to account for the noise variation characteristics of different similar patches, while introduce another weight matrix to make full use of the sparsity priors of natural images. The Maximum A-Posterior estimation (MAP) is used to obtain the closed-form solution of the proposed method. Experimental results demonstrate the competitiveness of the proposed method compared with that of state-of-the-art methods in both the objective and perceptual quality.