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Striping artifact reduction in lunar orbiter mosaic images

January 1, 2006

Photographic images of the moon from the 1960s Lunar Orbiter missions are being processed into maps for visual use. The analog nature of the images has produced numerous artifacts, the chief of which causes a vertical striping pattern in mosaic images formed from a series of filmstrips. Previous methods of stripe removal tended to introduce ringing and aliasing problems in the image data. This paper describes a recently developed alternative approach that succeeds at greatly reducing the striping artifacts while avoiding the creation of ringing and aliasing artifacts. The algorithm uses a one dimensional frequency domain step to deal with the periodic component of the striping artifact and a spatial domain step to handle the aperiodic residue. Several variations of the algorithm have been explored. Results, strengths, and remaining challenges are presented. ?? 2006 IEEE.

Publication Year 2006
Title Striping artifact reduction in lunar orbiter mosaic images
Authors P.A. Mlsna, T. Becker
Publication Type Conference Paper
Publication Subtype Conference Paper
Index ID 70028685
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse