Denoising of the multi-slit streak tube imaging LiDAR system using a faster non-local mean method

Combined with the characteristic of the multi-slit streak tube imaging LiDAR (MS-STIL) system where the imaging areas corresponding to each slit do not interfere with each other, we denoised the streak images by an improved fast non-local mean filtering algorithm. Experiments were performed to inves...

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Published inApplied optics. Optical technology and biomedical optics Vol. 60; no. 34; p. 10520
Main Authors Li, Wenhao, Guo, Shangwei, Zhai, Yu, Liu, Fei, Lai, Zhengchao, Han, Shaokun
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.12.2021
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Summary:Combined with the characteristic of the multi-slit streak tube imaging LiDAR (MS-STIL) system where the imaging areas corresponding to each slit do not interfere with each other, we denoised the streak images by an improved fast non-local mean filtering algorithm. Experiments were performed to investigate the effectiveness of the method. The experimental results show that the spatial resolution of the system is improved from 22 to 16 mm; the relative distance error is reduced by an average of 22.76%; and the intensity accuracy improved significantly when the distance is 10 m. Additionally, the overall denoising effect is comprehensively verified by long-range target imaging. The mean square error of the reconstructed depth image and intensity image are reduced from 0.0836, 0.0067 to 0.0433, 0.0037, respectively. The applicability of the proposed method was verified through comparative experiments in different environments.
ISSN:2155-3165
DOI:10.1364/AO.438285