Title :
A fast weighted median filter architecture for image processing
Author :
Odeh, Souheil ; Shdaifat, Islam ; Kahhaleh, Bassam ; Zabalawi, Isam
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Jordan Univ., Amman, Jordan
Abstract :
This paper presents an on-line weighted median filter architecture that is simple, fast, cost effective, and easy to implement. It has a great potential for being used in rank order filtering and image processing. The use of this architecture-which implements a high degree of parallelism-is not limited to weighted median filtering for it can be used in sorting any set of data on-the-fly, which makes it amenable to real-time image processing
Keywords :
image processing; median filters; parallel architectures; fast weighted median filter architecture; on-line filter architecture; parallel architecture; rank order filtering; real-time image processing; Adaptive filters; Biomedical imaging; Circuits; Costs; Electronic mail; Filtering; Hardware; Image processing; Matched filters; Sorting;
Conference_Titel :
Southeastcon '98. Proceedings. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4391-3
DOI :
10.1109/SECON.1998.673305
