• DocumentCode
    2129819
  • Title

    Companding of spectra from spectral images for reducing noise from coarse quantization

  • Author

    Kaarna, Arto

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Inf. Technol., Lappeenranta Univ. of Technol., Finland
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    20-24 Sept. 2004
  • Lastpage
    308
  • Abstract
    Companding is normally used in communication systems to compensate fluctuating levels in the source power. In this study we apply companding to enhance the coarse quantization of spectra. The spectra are selected from AVIRIS spectral images. Our experiments indicate that the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) in coarser quantization of spectra may be enhanced from 5 to 9 dB using the μ-law quantization companding.
  • Keywords
    compandors; infrared spectrometers; remote sensing; satellite communication; signal processing; visible spectrometers; μ-law quantization companding; AVIRIS spectral image; Airborne Visible Infrared Imaging Spectrometer; SNR; communication system; noise reduction; signal-to-noise ratio; source power fluctuating level compensation; spectra coarse quantization; Communication channels; Decoding; Image coding; Image reconstruction; Information technology; Noise reduction; Peak to average power ratio; Probability density function; Quantization; Transmitters;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2004. IGARSS '04. Proceedings. 2004 IEEE International
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8742-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IGARSS.2004.1369022
  • Filename
    1369022