The study and application of a new filtering method on electronic speckle pattern interferometric fringe

It is important for the study of digital image processing to remove noises and enhance images because of various noises in images. The article is concerned with the recursive algorithm-filtering technique, which is capable of effectively removing noise and rapidly leading to a continuous gray-level distribution of a random image. By applying the method on speckle images of defects of rubber material, it is shown that this technique is the most effective and speedy method for the filtering of ESPI fringe patterns. Comparing the images before and after filtering, we can see the advantages of the novel technique clearly. It can increase the accuracy of measurement both in phase measurement and in quantitative evaluations of defects. (C) 2002 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.