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Terahertz digital holography image denoising using stationary wavelet transform

  • Shan Shan Cui*
  • , Qi Li
  • , Guanghao Chen
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

Terahertz (THz) holography is a frontier technology in terahertz imaging field. However, reconstructed images of holograms are inherently affected by speckle noise, on account of the coherent nature of light scattering. Stationary wavelet transform (SWT) is an effective tool in speckle noise removal. In this paper, two algorithms for despeckling SAR images are implemented to THz images based on SWT, which are threshold estimation and smoothing operation respectively. Denoised images are then quantitatively assessed by speckle index. Experimental results show that the stationary wavelet transform has superior denoising performance and image detail preservation to discrete wavelet transform. In terms of the threshold estimation, high levels of decomposing are needed for better denoising result. The smoothing operation combined with stationary wavelet transform manifests the optimal denoising effect at single decomposition level, with 5×5 average filtering.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSelected Papers from Conferences of the Photoelectronic Technology Committee of the Chinese Society of Astronautics 2014
EditorsDianyuan Fan, Weimin Bao, Jialing Le, Yueguang Lv, Jianquan Yao, Xiangwan Du, Lijun Wang
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781628416534
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015
EventConferences of the Photoelectronic Technology Committee of the Chinese Society of Astronautics 2014 - Suzhou, China
Duration: 19 Oct 201424 Oct 2014

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume9522
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceConferences of the Photoelectronic Technology Committee of the Chinese Society of Astronautics 2014
Country/TerritoryChina
CitySuzhou
Period19/10/1424/10/14

Keywords

  • digital holography
  • stationary wavelet transform
  • terahertz imaging

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