Title : 
A novel algorithm for blocking artifacts removal based on adaptive fuzzy filter in compressed images
         
        
            Author : 
Kaçmaz, Seydi ; Kayhan, Sema Koç ; Erçelebi, Ergun
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Elektrik ve Elektron. Muhendisligi Bolumu, Gaziantep Univ., Gaziantep, Turkey
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
In this study, a new adaptive post-filtering algorithm is proposed to remove observed blocking artifacts as a result of discrete cosine transform (DCT) based image and video compression standarts at low bit rates. With identification of blocking artifact strength, fuzzy filter is applied by adjusting filtering range and its parameters. Experimental results showed that, the proposed algorithm exhibits better detail preservation and artifact removal performance with lower computational cost as compared to other post-processing techniques. Accordingly, this can be used for the real time image and video applications without undesired artifacts.
         
        
            Keywords : 
adaptive filters; discrete cosine transforms; fuzzy set theory; video coding; DCT; adaptive fuzzy filter; adaptive post-filtering algorithm; blocking artifact strength; blocking artifacts removal; compressed image; discrete cosine transform; image compression; video compression; Discrete cosine transforms; Encoding; Filtering algorithms; Image coding; MPEG 4 Standard; PSNR; Transform coding;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference (SIU), 2012 20th
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Mugla
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4673-0055-1
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
978-1-4673-0054-4
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/SIU.2012.6204486