Simultaneous noise filtering and super-resolution with second-generation wavelets

Wavelet coefficient thresholding is effective in reducing spatial domain noise in wavelet-based super-resolution algorithms. Here, the effect of the threshold level on reconstructed image quality in second-generation wavelet super-resolution is investigated. The choice of optimal threshold involves a tradeoff between noise filtering and blurring introduced by thresholding. A measure based on the singular values of the image matrix is employed as a reliable gauge of generated high-resolution image quality.

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