Analysis of random dithering patterns using second-order statistics

Eran Steinberg; Robert J. Rolleston; Roger L. Easton Jr.

doi:10.1117/12.60717

1 October 1992 Analysis of random dithering patterns using second-order statistics

Eran Steinberg, Robert J. Rolleston, Roger L. Easton Jr.

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Journal of Electronic Imaging, Vol. 1, Issue 4, (October 1992). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.60717

Abstract

An analytical approach is proposed to explain the appearance of unwanted low-frequency artifacts in halftoned images when using random dithering. The research is based on a theorem that relates the correlation of the input (continuous) gray-level signal to the correlation of the (halftone) binary output signal. This second-order statistical analysis alludes to the claim that the introduction of low-frequency artifacts is inevitable, being an intrinsic property of the dithering process rather than of individual images or masks. In addition, high-frequency information in the continuous image is attenuated more than low-frequency information. This effect is enhanced for mean gray levels farther from mid-gray.

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Eran Steinberg, Robert J. Rolleston, and Roger L. Easton Jr. "Analysis of random dithering patterns using second-order statistics," Journal of Electronic Imaging 1(4), (1 October 1992). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.60717

Published: 1 October 1992

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