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A Diffusion Filtering Method for Image Processing

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A new diffusion method for image filtering based on incorporating an integral of image intensity over a point neighborhood into the diffusion coefficient is suggested. The efficiency of the method is illustrated on a number of test images.

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Borisenko, G.V., Denisov, A.M. & Krylov, A.S. A Diffusion Filtering Method for Image Processing. Programming and Computer Software 30, 273–277 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:PACS.0000043053.85314.58

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