Stochastic resonance of a threshold detector: image visualization and explanation

Stochastic resonance is said to occur when just the right amount of noise enhances the performance of a process. For a simple threshold detector, the first moment of stochastic resonance is obtained by passing the signal through a transfer function equal to a transposed and shifted version of the underlying noise's probability distribution function. The process is readily evident in images wherein noise corresponding to a linear transfer function produces a better visual representation than when other noise is used.

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