Fast Removal of Stripe Noise Based on Wavelet Decomposition

Vertical stripe noise, also called waterfall artifact, is generally occurred in the line scan images. It degrades the image quality and leads to object misrecognition. This paper presents a new approach for removal of vertical stripe noise using multi-resolution wavelet decomposition. The line scan image was firstly decomposed in highest L levels using wavelet decomposition. Then the vertical component in each decomposition level was discarded to remove the stripe noise. Finally, the destriped image was reconstructed from the L level processed components. The results indicate that the proposed approach can eliminate the stripe noise effectively from the polluted image.