Fourth-order partial differential equations for effective image denoising

This article concerns mathematical image denoising methods incorporating fourth-order partial differential equations (PDEs). We introduce and analyze piecewise planarity conditions (PPCs) with which unconstrained fourth-order variational models in continuum converge to a piecewise planar image....

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Main Authors: Seongjai Kim, Hyeona Lim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Texas State University 2009-04-01
Series:Electronic Journal of Differential Equations
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Online Access:http://ejde.math.txstate.edu/conf-proc/17/k2/abstr.html
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Summary:This article concerns mathematical image denoising methods incorporating fourth-order partial differential equations (PDEs). We introduce and analyze piecewise planarity conditions (PPCs) with which unconstrained fourth-order variational models in continuum converge to a piecewise planar image. It has been observed that fourth-order variational models holding PPCs can restore better images than models without PPCs and second-order models. Numerical schemes are presented in detail and various examples in image denoising are provided to verify the claim.
ISSN:1072-6691