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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2007
Method and apparatus for processing sar images based on an anisotropic diffusion filtering algorithm
Josef Allen, Melbourne, FL (US);
Emile Ganthier, Palm Bay, FL (US);
Mark Rahmes, Melbourne, FL (US);
Josef Allen, Melbourne, FL (US);
Emile Ganthier, Palm Bay, FL (US);
Mark Rahmes, Melbourne, FL (US);
Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL (US);
Abstract
A computer system for processing synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images includes a database for storing SAR images to be processed, and a processor for processing a SAR image from the database. The processing includes determining noise in a SAR image to be processed, selecting a noise threshold for the SAR image based on the determined noise, and mathematically adjusting an anisotropic diffusion algorithm based on the selected noise threshold. The adjusted anisotropic diffusion algorithm is applied to the SAR image.