A statistical approach to the problem of restoring damaged and contaminated images

  • Authors:
  • R. G. Everitt;R. H. Glendinning

  • Affiliations:
  • QinetiQ Ltd, Great Malvern, Worcestershire WR14 3PS, UK;QinetiQ Ltd, Great Malvern, Worcestershire WR14 3PS, UK

  • Venue:
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

We address the problem of automatically identifying and restoring damaged and contaminated images. We suggest a novel approach based on a semi-parametric model. This has two components, a parametric component describing known physical characteristics and a more flexible non-parametric component. The latter avoids the need for a detailed model for the sensor, which is often costly to produce and lacking in robustness. We assess our approach using an analysis of electroencephalographic images contaminated by eye-blink artefacts and highly damaged photographs contaminated by non-uniform lighting. These experiments show that our approach provides an effective solution to problems of this type.