A Novel Algorithm for De-Noising Radiographic Images

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Author(s)

Alireza Azarimoghaddam 1,* Lalitha Rangarajan 1

1. Department of Study in Computer Science, University of Mysore, Mysore, Karnataka, 570006, India.

* Corresponding author.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijigsp.2012.06.04

Received: 30 Mar. 2012 / Revised: 27 Apr. 2012 / Accepted: 4 Jun. 2012 / Published: 8 Jul. 2012

Index Terms

Two Dimensional Left Median Filter, Median Filter, Weld, Radiographic Image

Abstract

The radiographic image has low contrast and high noise. In order to improve the image for observation and accurate analysis, various digital image processing techniques can be applied. In this research we propose Two Dimensional Left Median Filter method for de-noising radiographic images of welding. We have used the measures Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio and the Mean Absolute Error for comparison. The accuracy of results obtained through our method is better than the Median and Mean Filter methods.

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Alireza Azarimoghaddam,Lalitha Rangarajan,"A Novel Algorithm for De-Noising Radiographic Images", IJIGSP, vol.4, no.6, pp.22-28, 2012. DOI: 10.5815/ijigsp.2012.06.04 

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