Blind image deconvolution with spatially adaptive total variation regularization

A blind deconvolution algorithm with spatially adaptive total variation regularization is introduced. The spatial information in different image regions is incorporated into regularization by using the edge indicator called difference eigenvalue to distinguish edges from flat areas. The proposed algorithm can effectively reduce the noise in flat regions as well as preserve the edge and detailed information. Moreover, it becomes more robust with the change of the regularization parameter. Comparative results on simulated and real degraded images are reported.     

Wavelet-based edge correlation incorporated iterative reconstruction for undersampled MRI

Undersampling k-space is an effective way to decrease acquisition time for MRI. However, aliasing artifacts introduced by undersampling may blur the edges of magnetic resonance images, which often contain important information for clinical diagnosis. Moreover, k-space data is often contaminated by the noise signals of unknown intensity. To better preserve the edge features while suppressing the aliasing artifacts and noises, we present a new wavelet-based algorithm for undersampled MRI reconstruction. The algorithm solves the image reconstruction as a standard optimization problem including a ?₂ data fidelity term and ?₁ sparsity regularization term. Rather than manually setting the regularization parameter for the ?₁ term, which is directly related to the threshold, an automatic estimated threshold adaptive to noise intensity is introduced in our proposed algorithm. In addition, a prior matrix based on edge correlation in wavelet domain is incorporated into the regularization term. Compared with nonlinear conjugate gradient descent algorithm, iterative shrinkage/thresholding algorithm, fast iterative soft-thresholding algorithm and the iterative thresholding algorithm using exponentially decreasing threshold, the proposed algorithm yields reconstructions with better edge recovery and noise suppression.     

基于Markov随机场的自适应正则化三维显微图像复原

提出了基于马尔可夫随机场模型的正则化因子自适应调整三维显微图像复原算法,并用模拟序列样本和真实生物样本进行了实验.为了保持复原图像的边缘等细节信息,以Markov随机场模型作为图像的先验概率模型,对代价函数添加边缘约束惩罚项.其中,正则化因子在迭代过程中自适应地进行更新.实验结果表明此算法在对原始图像进行估计的同时,能够有效地保留图像的边缘等细节信息.而EM算法虽然能够有效地去除层间干扰,却丢失了大量的细节信息.     

自适应非凸稀疏正则化下自适应光学系统加性噪声的去除

自适应光学系统可以实时测量并校正波前信息,但是系统中大量的噪声严重影响了系统的探测精度.自适应光学系统中一般为加性噪声,本文提出一种全新的变分处理模型去除加性噪声,该模型采用自适应非凸正则项.非凸正则项在保持图像细节上较凸正则项具有更好的效果,能更好地保持点源目标的完整性.另外,根据不同区域的噪声水平自适应地构建正则化参数,使不同区域的像素点受到不同程度的噪声抑制,可以更好地保持目标的边缘细节.在算法实现上,为了解决非凸正则项收敛性较差的缺陷,采用分裂Bregman算法及增广拉格朗日对偶算法进行计算.实验及数值仿真结果都表明,该方法能够较好地去除系统中的加性噪声,且光斑信号保存得较为完整,处理后的质心探测精度及信噪比较高.     

基于加权块稀疏联合非凸低秩约束的高光谱图像去条带方法

针对高光谱图像(hyperspectral images,HSI)去条带易引起影像结构细节丢失问题,提出一种基于加权块稀疏(weighted block sparsity,WBS)正则化联合最小最大非凸惩罚(minimax concave penalty,MCP)约束的HSI去条带方法.本算法采用加权?2,1范数和MC...     

基于自适应扩散模型的单帧红外条纹非均匀性校正算法

针对红外焦平面成像系统存在列向条纹非均匀性的现象,采用了一种基于自适应PM扩散模型的非均匀校正新算法。首先,综合利用图像梯度信息和局部灰度统计信息,自适应计算PM模型的扩散阈值;然后将每列像素的PM模型估计值作为该列像素的期望值;最后采用最陡下降法迭代计算得到每列像元的校正参数,并对结果进行循环校正以提高校正效果。实验结果表明:该算法可以保护图像边缘信息,与同类算法相比,能够更有效地抑制条纹非均匀性,并且能够防止图像产生鬼影。     

Motion deblurring using edge map with blurred/noisy image pairs

Motion deblurring methods using blurred/noisy image pairs usually include denoising process of the noisy image. Because both remaining noise and distorted fine details in the denoised image cause an error on deblurring, we propose an algorithm using an edge map of the noisy image to retain sharp edge information while neglecting noise in any smooth region that does not contain information about the motion that occurred during the exposure. In addition, the blur kernel is efficiently estimated by employing the fast total variation regularization method for the gradients of blurred and noisy images only on edge regions. For latent image restoration, another fidelity term is added, which compares the gradients of the noisy and estimated latent images on edge regions to preserve the fine details of the noisy image. To model a sparse distribution of real-world image gradients, a deconvolution method imposing hyper-Laplacian priors based on an alternating minimization scheme is also derived to restore a latent image efficiently. Experimental results show that the peak signal-to-noise ratios of the restored images against the original latent images have been increased by 11.1% on average, when compared to the existing algorithms using an image pair.     

光学相干层析图像的处理研究

提出一种基于各向异性扩散算法Catté模型的图像处理改进方法,通过对阈值k的修改以控制扩散强度,可实现在平滑光学相干层析图像的同时保护图像的边缘特征.对不同样品的光学相干层析图像处理.实验结果表明,改进后的算法更有利于噪音的滤除和边缘特征信息的保护.     

基于迭代拟合的集装箱角件边缘检测算法

噪声通常是影响集装箱角件图像中低层次语义信息提取精度的重要因素,传统的边缘检测算法通常通过改进滤波器和阈值来消除图像中的物理噪声和环境噪声,但是却无法去除边缘检测后的噪声,为解决这一问题,提出了一种基于迭代拟合的边缘检测算法。首先,对角件图像进行一系列预处理操作获取边缘点集,其次,使用拟合算法处理点集并且得到函数表达式,然后定义偏差值度量并计算,用于衡量目标点集到拟合或者检测结果的偏差,最后,去除定义下距离拟合结果最远的指定数量的点,如此迭代拟合直至评价函数收敛。实验结果与分析表明,该算法可以有效地去除边缘点集中的非真实边缘点,相比于传统的边缘检测算法更能去除特殊噪声,算法具有收敛速度快、准确率较高、灵活性好等特点。     

Application of perceptual difference model on regularization techniques of parallel MR imaging

Parallel magnetic resonance imaging through sensitivity encoding using multiple receiver coils has emerged as an effective tool to reduce imaging time or to improve image SNR. The quality of reconstructed images is limited by the inaccurate estimation of the sensitivity map, noise in the acquired k-space data and the ill-conditioned nature of the coefficient matrix. Tikhonov regularization is a popular method to reduce or eliminate the ill-conditioned nature of the problem. In this approach, selection of the regularization map and the regularization parameter is very important. Perceptual difference model (PDM) is a quantitative image quality evaluation tool that has been successfully applied to varieties of MR applications. High correlation between the human rating and PDM score shows that PDM should be suitable to evaluate image quality in parallel MR imaging. By applying PDM, we compared four methods of selecting the regularization map and four methods of selecting the regularization parameter. We found that a regularization map obtained using generalized series (GS) together with a spatially adaptive regularization parameter gave the best reconstructions. PDM was also used as an objective function for optimizing two important parameters in the spatially adaptive method. We conclude that PDM enables one to do comprehensive experiments and that it is an effective tool for designing and optimizing reconstruction methods in parallel MR imaging.     

基于边缘与SURF算子的SAR与可见光图像配准方法

鉴于SAR(synthetic aperture radar)与可见光图像的成像机理存在很大差别,使得其同名特征的提取和配准十分困难,但在某些情况下,这两类图像的边缘存在一定的相关性。提出一种基于边缘与SURF(speed-up robust feature)算子的图像配准方法。通过适当预处理增强图像间的共性,采用综合性能比较好的Canny算子提取两幅图像共有的边缘特征,在边缘图像的基础上提取SURF特征;通过比值提纯法进行特征点粗匹配,RANSAC(random sample consensus)算法剔除误匹配点,计算仿射变换模型从而实现SAR与可见光图像的自动配准。实验结果表明:该算法的正确匹配率为100%,均方根误差为0.852个像素,配准精度达到亚像素水平。     

基于邻域特征匹配的通用噪声滤波器

图像去噪是遥感图像复原的重要步骤。在去除图像噪声的同时希望尽可能多地保留图像的纹理细节信息。受较差的成像环境和图像数据远距离传输的影响,遥感图像中一般都含有较强的高斯-脉冲混合噪声,而在现有的图像去噪算法中,能够同时去除图像中的高斯-脉冲混合噪声的通用噪声滤波器很少。以非局部平均方法的滤波思想为基础,通过引入邻域相似度评价的概念和脉冲噪声探测器,提出了基于邻域特征匹配的通用噪声滤波器。实验结果表明:基于邻域特征匹配的通用噪声滤波器具备有很好地去除图像高斯-脉冲混合噪声的能力,在去除高斯-脉冲混合噪声的同时能够很好地保持图像的复杂纹理和精细细节,并且便于向DSP/FPGA多处理器平台上移植。     

Low-field magnetic resonance imaging using multiplicative regularization

In this paper we present a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique that is based on multiplicative regularization. Instead of adding a regularizing objective function to a data fidelity term, we multiply by such a regularizing function. By following this approach, no regularization parameter needs to be determined for each new data set that is acquired. Reconstructions are obtained by iteratively updating the images using short-term conjugate gradient-type update formulas and Polak-Ribière update directions. We show that the algorithm can be used as an image reconstruction algorithm and as a denoising algorithm. We illustrate the performance of the algorithm on two-dimensional simulated low-field MR data that is corrupted by noise and on three-dimensional measured data obtained from a low-field MR scanner. Our reconstruction results show that the algorithm effectively suppresses noise and produces accurate reconstructions even for low-field MR signals with a low signal-to-noise ratio.     

基于改进的空域相关的多聚焦图像融合

提出了一种简单有效的像素级多聚焦图像融合方法。针对正交小波变换缺乏平移不变性而产生视觉失真的缺陷,采用Atrous算法将原图像分解在不同频率域上。Atrous算法先将滤波器h0(n),h1(n)各点间插入适当的零值后再与低频信号做卷积,故又称为"多孔算法"。将具有抑制噪声性能的空阈相关法作为高频子图像的融合规则,选取相关性强边缘特征显著的点作为最终融合子图像的像素点。实验表明,由此融合的图像能完好的保留边缘纹理信息。融合后的图像在客观评价和主管视觉效果上均有提高。     

Registration method for infrared images under conditions of fixed-pattern noise

This paper proposes a new registration method for infrared images under conditions of fixed-pattern noise (FPN). Conventional registration techniques are susceptible to FPN and it is therefore very desirable to have a registration algorithm that is tolerant to FPN. For this purpose, we utilize the difference of the cross-power spectrum of two discrete shifted images to suppress the noise power spectrum while the shifts information is well preserved. In particular, we show that the phase of the cross-power spectrum difference is a periodic two-dimensional binary stripe signal with the exact shifts determined to subpixel accuracy by the number of periods of the phase difference along each frequency axis. Robust estimates of shifts can be obtained by transforming its discontinuities to Hough domain. Experimental results show that the proposed method exhibits robust and accurate registration performance even for the noisy images that could not be handled by conventional registration algorithms. We have also incorporated this technique to a registration-based nonuniformity correction (NUC) framework, indicating that our registration technique is able to estimate motion parameters reliably, leading to satisfactory NUC result.     

Blur identification and restoration of degraded images using generalized cross-validation criterion

In this paper, we describe blur identification and restoration of noisy degraded images. The point-spread function (PSF) can be characterized by the quantity of blur. Thus the blur identification problem can be solved as a parameter estimation problem. The estimation method is a generalized cross-validation (GCV) criterion that is known as a powerful measure that can be used to choose the optimal regularization parameter without a priori knowledge about noise. We use the iterative damped-1east squares (DLS) algorithm which is based on the principle of damped least-squares for restoring noisy degraded images.     

高分辨率合成孔径雷达图像的Gamma分布下最大后验概率降斑算法

针对传统的Gamma分布下最大后验概率降斑算法不能有效保留均匀区域的点目标, 不能有效保留弱边缘以及不能有效滤除强边缘区域的斑点等问题, 提出了基于第二类统计量的先验参数估计的高分辨率合成孔径雷达图像Gamma 分布下最大后验概率降斑算法. 使用Mellin卷积和斑点的乘性模型, Gamma先验分布的参数可由观察图像的前两阶对数累积量精确估计.所提算法具有解析的滤波输出, 便于实现.农田和城区的高分辨率合成孔径雷达图像的降斑实验表明, 与传统的Gamma分布下最大后验概率降斑算法相比, 所提算法既能有效保留均匀区域的点目标, 又能有效保留弱边缘, 还能有效滤除强边缘区域的斑点. 关键词： 高分辨率合成孔径雷达图像 Gamma分布下最大后验概率降斑算法 第二类统计量 对数累积量     

基于小波变换的激光主动成像图像去噪方法

针对激光主动成像图像的特点,提出了将小波变换和中值滤波相结合的图像去噪方法。在对小波分解后的水平、垂直和对角3个方向高频细节图像进行处理时,我们采用3种不同形状的模板进行均值滤波,为了保护图像的边缘和细节信息,采用边缘检测法来将高频中的边缘细节与噪声分开。实验结果表明:该方法在降低图像噪声的同时又较好地保留了图像的细节,去噪效果比较理想。     

Stripe noise removal for infrared image by minimizing difference between columns

This paper introduces a novel approach to eliminate stripe noise in infrared images. The differences between bias voltages in column readout circuit of uncooled infrared sensors result in strong stripe noise which changes slowly in time. The problem can be solved by estimating the bias of each column of infrared images and correcting infrared images with the estimated biases. The bias estimation is translated into an energy optimization problem in the paper. The optimization aims to minimize difference between neighboring columns of images. Our approach can be processed on a single image, or in a recursive way in order to significantly reduce the computation in one frame time. Our approach is compared to the state-of-the-art the stripe noise removal method using realistic infrared images, and the experimental results show the effectiveness and efficiencies of our proposed approach.