Optimal tree approximation with wavelets

Richard G. Baraniuk

doi:10.1117/12.366780

26 October 1999 Optimal tree approximation with wavelets

Richard G. Baraniuk

Proceedings Volume 3813, Wavelet Applications in Signal and Image Processing VII; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.366780
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1999, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

The more a priori knowledge we encode into a signal processing algorithm, the better performance we can expect. In this paper, we overview several approaches to capturing the structure of singularities (edges, ridges, etc.) in wavelet-based signal processing schemes. Leveraging results from approximation theory, we discuss nonlinear approximations on trees and point out that an optimal tree approximant exists and is easily computed. The optimal tree approximation inspires a new hierarchical interpretation of the wavelet decomposition and a tree-based wavelet denoising algorithm that suppresses spurious noise bumps.

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Richard G. Baraniuk "Optimal tree approximation with wavelets", Proc. SPIE 3813, Wavelet Applications in Signal and Image Processing VII, (26 October 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.366780

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