Paper Info
Title
A real-time video denoising algorithm with FPGA implementation for Poisson-Gaussian noise.
Abstract
The denoising function in digital imaging devices must consider resource consumption and real-time capability in addition to effective noise-removal performance. One commonly used denoising method is pixel similarity weighted frame averaging (PSWFA). In this study, we improve the denoising capability of PSWFA using a pre-filter that consists of a downsampling operator and a small Gaussian filter. Moreover, given that noise in digital imaging devices is signal dependent and is typically modeled as a Poisson---Gaussian distribution, we introduce generalized Anscombe transformation to remove the signal dependency by rendering the noise variance constant. The transformed image can be considered corrupted by an approximately Gaussian noise. To embed our algorithm in hardware, we implement our algorithm on a Spartan-6 FPGA for evaluation. We also compare our algorithm with some existing denoising methods on FPGA. For further evaluation of the denoising ability, the algorithm is compared with some state-of-the-art algorithms that are not implemented on FPGA but have high performance on a personal computer. Experimental results on both simulated noise videos and actually captured low-light noise videos show the effectiveness of our algorithm, particularly in the processing of large-scale noise.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1007/s11554-014-0405-2
Journal of Real-time Image Processing
Keywords
Field
DocType
Denoising, FPGA, Poisson–Gaussian noise, Pre-filter, Real-time capability
Gaussian filter,Noise reduction,Computer vision,Noise measurement,Non-local means,Computer science,Personal computer,Algorithm,Step detection,Artificial intelligence,Gaussian noise,Video denoising
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
13
2
1861-8219
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.37
15
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Xin Tan112215.99
Yu Liu219825.45
Chenglin Zuo351.09
Maojun Zhang431448.74