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Sim, Kok Swee and Lim, M.S. and Yeap, Z.X. (2016) Performance of signal-to-noise ratio estimation for scanning electron microscope using autocorrelation Levinson-Durbin recursion model. Journal of Microscopy, 263 (1). pp. 64-77. ISSN 0022-2720; eISSN: 1365-2818

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Abstract

A new technique to quantify signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) value of the scanning electron microscope (SEM) images is proposed. This technique is known as autocorrelation Levinson–Durbin recursion (ACLDR) model. To test the performance of this technique, the SEM image is corrupted with noise. The autocorrelation function of the original image and the noisy image are formed. The signal spectrum based on the autocorrelation function of image is formed. ACLDR is then used as an SNR estimator to quantify the signal spectrum of noisy image. The SNR values of the original image and the quantified image are calculated. The ACLDR is then compared with the three existing techniques, which are nearest neighbourhood, first-order linear interpolation and nearest neighbourhood combined with first-order linear interpolation. It is shown that ACLDR model is able to achieve higher accuracy in SNR estimation.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Autocorrelation function, Levinson-order update, SNR, electron microscope, peak estimation, scanning electron microscope
Subjects:	Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA273-280 Probabilities. Mathematical statistics
Divisions:	Faculty of Engineering and Technology (FET)
Depositing User:	Ms Suzilawati Abu Samah
Date Deposited:	02 Aug 2018 09:26
Last Modified:	02 Aug 2018 09:26
URII:	http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/id/eprint/6719

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