ADAPTIVE STACK FILTERS IN SPECKLED IMAGERY

María E. Buemi, Marta E. Mejail, Julio C. Jacobo, María J. Gambini

2006

Abstract

Stack filters are a special case of non-linear filters. They have a good performance for filtering images with different types of noise while preserving edges and details. A stack filter decomposes an input image into several binary images according to a set of thresholds. Each binary image is filtered by using a boolean function. Adaptive stack filters are optimized filters that compute a boolean function by using a corrupted image and ideal image without noise. In this work the behaviour of an adaptive stack filter is evaluated for the classification of synthetic apreture radar (SAR) images, which are affected by speckle noise. With this aim it is carried out a Monte Carlo experiment in which simulated images are generated and then filtered with a stack filter trained with one of them. The results of their maximum likelihood classification are evaluated and then are compared with the results of classifying the images without previous filtering.

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E. Buemi M., E. Mejail M., C. Jacobo J. and J. Gambini M. (2006). ADAPTIVE STACK FILTERS IN SPECKLED IMAGERY . In Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 1: VISAPP, ISBN 972-8865-40-6, pages 33-40. DOI: 10.5220/0001376400330040


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@conference{visapp06,
author={María E. Buemi and Marta E. Mejail and Julio C. Jacobo and María J. Gambini},
title={ADAPTIVE STACK FILTERS IN SPECKLED IMAGERY},
booktitle={Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 1: VISAPP,},
year={2006},
pages={33-40},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001376400330040},
isbn={972-8865-40-6},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 1: VISAPP,
TI - ADAPTIVE STACK FILTERS IN SPECKLED IMAGERY
SN - 972-8865-40-6
AU - E. Buemi M.
AU - E. Mejail M.
AU - C. Jacobo J.
AU - J. Gambini M.
PY - 2006
SP - 33
EP - 40
DO - 10.5220/0001376400330040