Adaptive Wavelet Transforms via Lifting

Abstract

Wavelet transforms have proven very useful for a variety of signal and image processing tasks. The wedgelet transform also shows promise for certain edge-dominated images. However, in many applications we desire to introduce adaptivity and nonlinearities into the transforms. These are powerful extensions, but difficult to control within the wavelet framework. The lifting scheme provides a new, spatial intuition into the wavelet transform that simplifies the introduction of adaptivity. In this thesis, we develop several new adaptive wavelet transforms and adaptive multiresolution wedgelet transforms. The lifting construction permits control over the multiresolution properties of these transforms despite the adaptivity. We demonstrate the power of our new adaptive lifted transforms with successful applications to signal denoising and compression problems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA372394

Entities

People

  • Roger L. Claypoole Jr.

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Algorithms
  • Data Sets
  • Digital Filters
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Filters
  • Filtration
  • Gaussian Noise
  • Image Compression
  • Image Processing
  • Image Segmentation
  • Mathematics
  • Noise
  • Polynomials
  • Statistics
  • Wavelet Transforms

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Systems Analysis and Design