Journal Article

A Method for Restoring γ-Radiation Scene Images Based on Spatial Axial Gradient Discrimination

Wen, Lin, Feng, Jie, Li, Yu-Dong, Li, Kun-Fang, Kan, Yong-Jia, Guo, Qi

2023

Overview

Clear and reliable visual information is the premise and basis of work for nuclear robots. However, the ubiquitous γ rays in the nuclear environment will produce radiation effects on CMOS cameras and bring in complex visual noise. In this paper, combining the mechanism and characteristics of γ radiation noise, a method for restoring γ-radiation scene images based on spatial axial gradient discrimination is proposed. Firstly, interframe difference is used to determine the position of radiated noise on the image. Secondly, the gray gradients of different axes at noise pixels are calculated, and two axes with lager gray gradients are selected. Then, the adaptive medians are selected on the two axes, respectively and are weighted according to the gradient as the new value of the noise pixel. Finally, the Wallis sharpening filter is applied to enhance the detailed information and deblur the image. Plenty of experiments have been carried out on images collected in real γ radiation scenes, and image quality has been significantly improved, with Peak Signal to Noise ratio (PSNR) reaching 30.587 dB and Structural Similarity Index Mean (SSIM) reaching 0.82. It is obvious that this method has advanced performance in improving the quality of γ-radiation images. It can provide method guidance and technical support for the software module design of the anti-nuclear radiation camera.

• Publisher: MDPI AG
• Subject: Cameras / CMOS / Image enhancement / Image processing / Image quality / Image restoration / Machine learning / Machine vision / Management / Methods / Nuclear energy / Nuclear facilities / Nuclear power plants / Nuclear radiation / Pixels / Radiation / Radiation effects / Robots / Sensors / Signal to noise ratio / Technical services / Technology application / Visual discrimination / Wavelet transforms