Year: 2010
Type: dissertation
Abstract: Image noise reduction, or denoising, is an active area of research, although many of the techniques cited in the literature mainly target additive white noise. With an emphasis on signal-dependent noise, this thesis presents the General Adaptive Monte Carlo Bayesian Image Denoising (GAMBID) algorithm, a model-free approach based on random sampling. Testing is conducted on synthetic images with two different signal-dependent noise types as well as on real synthetic aperture radar and ultrasound images. Results show that GAMBID can achieve state-of-the-art performance, but suffers from some limitations in dealing with textures and fine low-contrast features. These aspects can by addressed in future iterations when GAMBID is expanded to become a versatile denoising framework.
Source: UWSpace (University of Waterloo)
Author: Wen Zhang
Language: English
Subfield: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2524260458