Fourier Domain Filters

Fourier Domain Filters

A High pass filter.

The power in components of the image (F) with a wave number less than a user specified value (g) is set to zero (except that there remains a 128 intensity offset).

                { 128,             |k| = 0
           F' = { 0                0 < |k| < g
                { F,               |k| >= g

L Low pass.

The power in components of the image (F) with a wave number

greater than a user specified value (g) is set to zero.

                { F,               |k| <= g
           F' = {
                { 0,               |k| > g

M The power in components of the image (F) for wave numbers greater than a

user specified value (g) is multiplied by the wave number excess raised to some user specified exponent (r). If the exponent is positive, then M is a high pass filter. If the exponent is negative, then M is a low pass filter.

                { F,               |k| <= g
           F' = {
                { F*(|k|-g)**r,    |k| > g

T Taper off.

The power (F) in wave numbers exceeding some user specified

limit (g) is decreased by a factor related to the wave number excess such that the factor decreases from one to zero.

                { F,                   |k| <= g
           F' = {
                { F*(255-|k|)/(255-g), |k| > g

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Stuart Dalziel, last page update: 19 February 1996