Astronomical point-source detection based on nonlinear image filtering with partial differential equations

M. Pesenson; D. Makovoz; W. Reach; J. Rho; R. Laher

doi:10.1117/12.615507

15 September 2005 Astronomical point-source detection based on nonlinear image filtering with partial differential equations

M. Pesenson, D. Makovoz, W. Reach, J. Rho, R. Laher

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Proceedings Volume 5913, Signal and Data Processing of Small Targets 2005; 591323 (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.615507
Event: Optics and Photonics 2005, 2005, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

A new nonlinear diffusion filtering scheme based on a nonlinear diffusion equation with a variable scale parameter is developed to preserve faint point sources while smoothing images for segmentation purposes. Application of the proposed approach to simulated, as well as to real images obtained by the Spitzer Space Telescope and by the Chandra X-ray Observatory reduced the Gaussian and Poisson noise successfully, while preserving both point sources and diffuse structures.

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M. Pesenson, D. Makovoz, W. Reach, J. Rho, and R. Laher "Astronomical point-source detection based on nonlinear image filtering with partial differential equations", Proc. SPIE 5913, Signal and Data Processing of Small Targets 2005, 591323 (15 September 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.615507

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