Title :
A new filter structure for the implementation of certain classes of image processing operations
Author :
Pitas, Ioannis ; Venetsanopoulos, Anastasios N.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Thessaloniki Univ., Greece
fDate :
6/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A filter structure is proposed and used to implement nonlinear filters for image processing. The structure is very general and encompasses various classes of nonlinear filters (median filters, order statistic filters, nonlinear statistic filters, homomorphic filters, morphologic filters) and edge detectors (range edge detectors, dispersion edge detectors). It is also used to implement pattern recognition algorithms. The computational complexity of the filter structure is studied, and a VLSI implementation is proposed
Keywords :
VLSI; computational complexity; computerised pattern recognition; computerised picture processing; digital filters; filtering and prediction theory; VLSI implementation; computational complexity; digital filters; dispersion edge detectors; homomorphic filters; image processing operations; median filters; morphologic filters; nonlinear filters; order statistic filters; pattern recognition algorithms; range edge detectors; Application software; Data mining; Detectors; Digital images; Humans; Image edge detection; Image processing; Nonlinear filters; Pixel; Statistics;
Journal_Title :
Circuits and Systems, IEEE Transactions on
