Title
Nonconvex sparse regularizer based speckle noise removal
Abstract
This paper focuses on the problem of speckle noise removal. A new variational model is proposed for this task. In the model, a nonconvex regularizer rather than the classical convex total variation is used to preserve edges/details of images. The advantage of the nonconvex regularizer is pointed out in the sparse framework. In order to solve the model, a new fast iteration algorithm is designed. In the algorithm, to overcome the disadvantage of the nonconvexity of the model, both the augmented Lagrange multiplier method and the iteratively reweighted method are introduced to resolve the original nonconvex problem into several convex ones. From the algorithm, we can obtain restored images as well as edge indicator of the images. Comprehensive experiments are conducted to measure the performance of the algorithm in terms of visual evaluation and a variety of quantitative indices for the task of speckle noise removal.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1016/j.patcog.2012.10.010
Pattern Recognition
Keywords
DocType
Volume
edge indicator,comprehensive experiment,original nonconvex problem,new variational model,speckle noise removal,nonconvex regularizer,augmented lagrange multiplier method,classical convex total variation,nonconvex sparse regularizer,new fast iteration algorithm,iteratively reweighted method,speckle noise
Journal
46
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
3
0031-3203
15
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.56
23
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yu Han11148.61
Xiang-Chu Feng298940.18
George Baciu340956.17
Weiwei Wang411811.49