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Evolution of efficient real-time non-linear image filters for FPGAs

VAŠÍČEK, Z. BIDLO, M. SEKANINA, L.

Originální název

Evolution of efficient real-time non-linear image filters for FPGAs

Typ

článek v časopise ve Web of Science, Jimp

Jazyk

angličtina

Originální abstrakt

Image processing represents a research field in which high-quality solutions have been obtained using various soft computing techniques. Evolutionary algorithms constitute a class of stochastic search methods that are applicable in both optimization and design tasks. In the area of circuit design Cartesian Genetic Programming has often been utilized in combination with an algorithm of Evolutionary Strategy. Digital image filters represent a specific class of circuits whose design can be performed by means of this approach. Switching filters are advanced non-linear filtering techniques in which the main idea is to detect and filter the noise pixels while keeping the uncorrupted pixels unchanged in order to increase the quality of the resulting image. The aim of this article is to present a robust design technique based on Cartesian Genetic Programming for the automatic synthesis of switching image filters intended for real-time processing applications. The robustness of the proposed evolutionary approach is evaluated using four design problems including the removal of salt and pepper noise, random shot noise, impulse burst noise and impulse burst noise combined with random shot noise. An extensive evaluation is performed in order to compare the properties of the evolved switching filters with the best conventional solutions. The evaluation has shown that the evolved switching filters exhibit a very good trade off between the quality of filtering and the implementation cost in field programmable gate arrays.

Klíčová slova

Non-linear image filter, noise removal, Cartesian genetic programming, evolutionary design, digital circuit

Autoři

VAŠÍČEK, Z.; BIDLO, M.; SEKANINA, L.

Rok RIV

2013

Vydáno

17. 10. 2013

ISSN

1432-7643

Periodikum

SOFT COMPUTING

Ročník

17

Číslo

11

Stát

Spojené státy americké

Strany od

2163

Strany do

2180

Strany počet

18

BibTex

@article{BUT103404,
  author="Zdeněk {Vašíček} and Michal {Bidlo} and Lukáš {Sekanina}",
  title="Evolution of efficient real-time non-linear image filters for FPGAs",
  journal="SOFT COMPUTING",
  year="2013",
  volume="17",
  number="11",
  pages="2163--2180",
  doi="10.1007/s00500-013-1040-8",
  issn="1432-7643"
}