A study of simulated annealing and a revised cascade algorithm for image reconstruction

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Abstract

We describe an image reconstruction problem and the computational difficulties arising in determining the maximum a posteriori (MAP) estimate. Two algorithms for tackling the problem, iterated conditional modes (ICM) and simulated annealing, are usually applied pixel by pixel. The performance of this strategy can be poor, particularly for heavily degraded images, and as a potential improvement Jubb and Jennison (1991) suggest the cascade algorithm in which ICM is initially applied to coarser images formed by blocking squares of pixels. In this paper we attempt to resolve certain criticisms of cascade and present a version of the algorithm extended in definition and implementation. As an illustration we apply our new method to a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image. We also carry out a study of simulated annealing, with and without cascade, applied to a more tractable minimization problem from which we gain insight into the properties of cascade algorithms.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)175-190
Number of pages16
JournalStatistics and Computing
Volume5
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 1995

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Copyright:
Copyright 2007 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

Keywords

  • Image analysis
  • MAP estimation
  • multi-resolution
  • optimization
  • simulated annealing

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • Statistics and Probability
  • Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
  • Computational Theory and Mathematics

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