Nonlinear filtering technique for the extraction of quasi-linear features from images

Robert E. Hall

doi:10.1117/12.144755

21 May 1993 Nonlinear filtering technique for the extraction of quasi-linear features from images

Robert E. Hall

Proceedings Volume 1902, Nonlinear Image Processing IV; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.144755
Event: IS&T/SPIE's Symposium on Electronic Imaging: Science and Technology, 1993, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

A nonlinear filtering technique is developed for the extraction of quasi-linear features from images. The technique begins with a line segment image transform, which is a windowed version of the radon transform. The original image is divided into overlapped subimages using a simple analysis filter, and a radon transform is applied to each subimage, yielding a representation of the subimage in terms of line segments at varying angles and positions. The amplitude of each line segment is used to calculate the detection statistic for that line segment. A nonlinear filter is used to pass line segments whose detection statistics are above a specified threshold (it is shown that a threshold is an optimal Bayes estimate when the signal is intermittent). The filtered subimage is then reconstructed.

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Robert E. Hall "Nonlinear filtering technique for the extraction of quasi-linear features from images", Proc. SPIE 1902, Nonlinear Image Processing IV, (21 May 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.144755

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