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Classical linear signal processing techniques when applied to color demosaic tends to over smooth the color signal, resulting in noticeable artifacts along edges and color features. We proposed in this paper to let the color channels support the edges and the edge support the interpolation of missing color, and thus achieve demosaic full-color image with better perceptual quality. The computational complexity of the proposed algorithm is compatible with other fast demosaic algorithms.
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Lam, SH., Kok, CW. (2001). Demosaic: Color Filter Array Interpolation for Digital Cameras. In: Shum, HY., Liao, M., Chang, SF. (eds) Advances in Multimedia Information Processing — PCM 2001. PCM 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2195. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45453-5_148
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