%0 Conference Proceedings
%4 sid.inpe.br/banon/2002/10.23.12.08
%2 sid.inpe.br/banon/2002/10.23.12.08.42
%@doi 10.1109/SIBGRA.2002.1167126
%T Evaluating an adaptive windowing scheme in speckle noise MAP filtering
%D 2002
%A Medeiros, F. N. S.,
%A Mascarenhas, Nelson Delfino d'Ávila,
%A Marques, R. C. P.,
%A Laprano, C. M.,
%E Gonçalves, Luiz Marcos Garcia,
%E Musse, Soraia Raupp,
%E Comba, João Luiz Dihl,
%E Giraldi, Gilson,
%E Dreux, Marcelo,
%B Brazilian Symposium on Computer Graphics and Image Processing, 15 (SIBGRAPI)
%C Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
%8 10-10 Oct. 2002
%I IEEE Computer Society
%J Los Alamitos
%S Proceedings
%1 SBC - Brazilian Computer Society
%X SAR images are corrupted by speckle noise, which degrades the quality and interpretation of the images. Speckle removal provides a better interpretability of SAR images if the techniques perform the filtering without loss of spatial resolution and preserve fine details and edges. This work aims to redefine the neighborhood areas around the noisy pixel and in this area the local mean and variance are computed to estimate the MAP filter parameters. The proposed modified MAP algorithm improves the ability to filter the speckle noise without blurring edges and targets by applying the MAP estimator in the current adaptive window that is controlled by a measure of homogeneity in the area around the noisy pixel. The effectiveness in reducing speckle by the modified MAP filter is evaluated in terms of qualitative and quantitative aspects such as line and edge preservation and the improvement of the signal to noise ratio.
%@language en
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%O The conference was held in Fortaleza, CE, Brazil, from October 7 to 10.