Denoising of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images

An original ERS-1 Composite SAR image (source ASF) and the result of denoising.

• A. Pizurica, W. Philips, I. Lemahieu, and M. Acheroy, "The Application of Markov Random Field Models to Wavelet-Based Image Denoising," a chapter in the book Imaging and Vision Systems: Theory, Assessment and Applications, editors J. Blanc-Talon and D. Popescu, NOVA Science Books, Huntington, USA, to appear in Dec. 2000.

An application in hydrology

Drainage map (measurement on the ground), input image (2nd principal component of the series of SAR images) and the result.

• Work with the Laboratory of Hydrology and Watermanagement, Ghent University.

• Denoising technique: A. Pizurica, N. E. C. Verhoest, W. Philips, and F. P. De Troch, "Detecting Variable Source Areas from Temporal Radar Imagery Using Advanced Image Enhancement Techniques," Proc. of the IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS2000), Honolulu, Hawaii, July 2000.