Title :
A stochastic diffusion approach to signal denoising
Author :
Krim, Hamid ; Bao, Yufang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC, USA
Abstract :
We present a stochastic formulation of a linear diffusion equation (or heat equation), and in light of the potential applications ranging from signal denoising to image enhancement/segmentation of its nonlinear extensions, we propose a more general nonlinear stochastic diffusion. The constructed stochastic framework, in contrast to traditional deterministic approaches, unveils the sources of existing limitations and allows us to further significantly improve the performance by addressing the key problem. Substantiating examples are provided
Keywords :
AWGN; heat transfer; interference suppression; nonlinear equations; nonlinear filters; partial differential equations; signal processing; stochastic processes; heat equation; image enhancement; linear diffusion equation; nonlinear extensions; nonlinear stochastic diffusion; segmentation; signal denoising; stochastic diffusion approach; stochastic formulation; stochastic framework; Kernel; Noise reduction; Nonlinear equations; Signal analysis; Signal denoising; Space heating; Stochastic processes; Stochastic resonance; Wavelet analysis; Working environment noise;
Conference_Titel :
Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, 1999. Proceedings., 1999 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Phoenix, AZ
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5041-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICASSP.1999.758263