A parallel method for impulsive image noise removal on hybrid CPU/GPU systems

[EN] A parallel algorithm for image noise removal is proposed. The algorithm is based on peer group concept and uses a fuzzy metric. An optimization study on the use of the CUDA platform to remove impulsive noise using this algorithm is presented. Moreover, an implementation of the algorithm on mult...

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Autores: Sánchez, M. G., Vidal, V., Arnal, J., Bataller Mascarell, Jordi
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/40550
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/40550
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Parallel computing
Noise removal in images
GPU
CUDA
Multi-core
OpenMP
CIENCIAS DE LA COMPUTACION E INTELIGENCIA ARTIFICIAL
LENGUAJES Y SISTEMAS INFORMATICOS
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Sumario:[EN] A parallel algorithm for image noise removal is proposed. The algorithm is based on peer group concept and uses a fuzzy metric. An optimization study on the use of the CUDA platform to remove impulsive noise using this algorithm is presented. Moreover, an implementation of the algorithm on multi-core platforms using OpenMP is presented. Performance is evaluated in terms of execution time and a comparison of the implementation parallelised in multi-core, GPUs and the combination of both is conducted. A performance analysis with large images is conducted in order to identify the amount of pixels to allocate in the CPU and GPU. The observed time shows that both devices must have work to do, leaving the most to the GPU. Results show that parallel implementations of denoising filters on GPUs and multi-cores are very advisable, and they open the door to use such algorithms for real-time processing.