A gray-natural logarithm ratio bilateral filtering method for image processing

A new method based on gray-natural logarithm ratio bilateral filtering is presented for image smoothing in this work. A new gray-natural logarithm ratio range filter kernel, leading to adaptive magnitude from image gray distinction information, is pointed out for the bilateral filtering. The new method can not only well restrain noise but also keep much more weak edges and details of an image, and preserve the original color transition of color images. Experimental results show the effectiveness for image denoising with our method.

Imaging process and signal-to-noise ratio improvement of enhanced self-heterodyne synthetic aperture imaging ladar

This Letter gives the general construction of an enhanced self-heterodyne synthetic aperture imaging ladar（SAIL） system, and proposes the principle of image processing. A point target is reconstructed in the enhanced self-heterodyne SAIL as well as in down-looking SAIL experiments, and the achieved imaging resolution of the enhanced self-heterodyne SAIL is analyzed. The signal-to-noise ratio（SNR） of the point target final image in the enhanced self-heterodyne SAIL is higher than that in the down-looking SAIL. The enhanced self-heterodyne SAIL can improve the SNR of the target image in far-distance imaging, with practicality.

Simple and effective method to improve the signal-to-noise ratio of compressive imaging

This Letter presents a simple and effective method to improve the signal-to-noise ratio（SNR） of compressing imaging. The main principles of the proposed method are the correlation of the image signals and the randomness of the noise. Multiple low SNR images are reconstructed firstly by the compressed sensing reconstruction algorithm, and then two-dimensional time delay integration technology is adopted to improve the SNR. Results show that the proposed method can improve the SNR performance efficiently and it is easy to apply the a lgorithm to the real project.

Assessing chromatin condensation for epigenetics with a DNA-targeting sensor by FRET and FLIM techniques

Here we propose a fluorescent sensor,Chroma-V,consisted of a Hoechst ligand(Hoe) to target chromatin DNA and a BODIPY rotor(BDP) to sense the local viscosity that reflects chromatin condensation state.Within Chroma-V,efficient FRET process from Hoe to BDP facilitated a single-excitation ratiometric imaging of nucleus DNA under fluorescence confocal microscope,which utilized the ratio of two channels to enable an intuitive visualization of chromatin condensation state.And fluorescence lifetime imaging(FLIM) based on fluorescent signal from BDP proved to be a more accurate method to quantify the changes of chromatin condensation state under different epigenetic states,including histone acetylation regulated by deacetylase inhibitors,cell apoptosis induced by DNA-bining drugs,and the epithelialmesenchymal transition of HUVEC cells induced by TGF-β.