Image restoration

Last updated: March 17^th, 2003

Deconvolution

Theoretical aspects

• Annotated Computer Vision Bibliography (with restoration links in Chapter 5)
• Numerical Aspects of deconvolution
• Maximum Entropy Method--from Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
• Deconvolution using wavelets (Neelsh's Homepage)
• image restoration (Curt Vogel, University of Montana)
• TP Minka's tutorial notes about bayesian inferences
• Time-series analysis
• Todd Veldhuizen: Papers, articles, talks...
• ANDRIL - Maximum Likelihood Algorithm for Deconvolution of SXT Images
• Variational methods in image restoration, article in postscript
• Inverse problems (Univ. of Alabama)

Blind deconvolution

• Strict a priori constraints for maximum likelihood blind deconvolution
• ESO Blind Deconvolution Page
• Publications (co)-authored by Deepa Kundur
• Blind Direct Deconvolution

Confocal microscopy image restoration

• Tutorial -- Image Restoration for 3-D Microscopy (by J.A. Conchello)
• Comparison of different deconvolution algorithmes
• Home Page of Geert van Kempen
• Home Page of Lucas J. van Vliet
• Home Page of Prof. dr. ir. Inald Lagendijk

Astronomical image restoration

• Fionn Murtagh
• Jean-Luc Starck
• Mario Bertero
• Patrizia Boccacci
• Image Restauration Workshop of Hubble Space Telescope
• Deconvolution and WIRE
• Positive Iterative Deconvolution in Comparison to Richardson-Lucy Like Algorithms
• Deconvolution with correct sampling
• The Pixon Method of Image Reconstruction
• Positive Iterative Deconvolution in Comparison to Richardson-Lucy Like Algorithms
• Generalized Cross-Validation as a Stopping Rule for the Richardson-Lucy Algorithm

Student Projects

• Deblurring project with matlab programs available
• Da Phat Attaq Project Home Page
• Project Wiener and Kalman Filter Theory and its applications
• Iterative Image Restoration

Miscelanous

• The Kalman Filter
• Wiener filter

Software

• Matlab files for 2D restoration (C. Vogel)
• Iris software
• Scientific Volume Imaging (made a 3D deconvolution package, with explanations on the site)
• Intelligent Imaging homepage of another package, with faq's and links
• Quantum Image: an image processing package, with free demoversion
• FTP site with free download restoration software
• Computer Vision and Image Processing: CVIPtools from SIU@Edwardsville
• AutoDeblur, from AutoQuant, runs on PC(WinNT) or SGI
• DeltaVision, from Applied Precision, runs on SGI
• Scanalytics
• MicroTome, from VayTek, runs on PC
• XCOSM, free software, runs on UNIX systems (like SGI)