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Theoretical Foundations of Anisotropic Diffusion in Image Processing

1996; Springer Vienna; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/978-3-7091-6586-7_13

0344-8029

Joachim Weickert,

Generative Adversarial Networks and Image Synthesis

Theoretical Foundations of Anisotropic Diffusion in Image Processing. A frequent problem in low-level vision consists of eliminating noise and small-scale details from an image while still preserving or even enhancing the edge structure. Nonlinear anisotropic diffusion filtering may be one possibility to achieve these goals. The objective of the present paper is to review the author’s results on a scale-space interpretation of a class of diffusion filters which comprises also several nonlinear anisotropic models. It is demonstrated that these models—which use an adapted diffusion tensor instead of a scalar diffusivity—offer advantages over isotropic filters. Most of the restoration and scale-space properties carry over from the continuous to the discrete case. Applications are presented ranging from preprocessing of medical images and postprocessing of fluctuating numerical data to visualizing quality relevant features for the grading of wood surfaces and fabrics.