A PDE based method for speckle noise suppression

Huiqian Du*, Yanfang Ren, Wenbo Mei

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The presence of speckle noise hinders observers from acquiring information of SAR images. It is desirable to remove speckle noise without features destroyed. In this paper, a PDE (partial differential equation) based method is presented to suppress the speckle noise. Unlike Perona & Malik's method, standard gradient is introduced to distinguish between the continuous areas and edges in SAR images. Since standard gradient makes use of the statistical information to locate the edges its application in PDE brings better image enhancement results. To demonstrate the performance of our method, we apply it to real SAR images. The experiment results show that the method reduces speckle and keeps important features simultaneously.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication8th International Conference on Signal Processing, ICSP 2006
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Print)0780397371, 9780780397378
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2006
Event8th International Conference on Signal Processing, ICSP 2006 - Guilin, China
Duration: 16 Nov 200620 Nov 2006

Publication series

NameInternational Conference on Signal Processing Proceedings, ICSP
Volume2

Conference

Conference8th International Conference on Signal Processing, ICSP 2006
Country/TerritoryChina
CityGuilin
Period16/11/0620/11/06

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