scholarly journals Uniform FIR approximation of causal Wiener filters, with applications to causal coherence

2016 ◽  
Vol 122 ◽  
pp. 129-137
Author(s):  
Leighton P. Barnes ◽  
George C. Verghese
Author(s):  
K.-H. Herrmann ◽  
E. Reuber ◽  
P. Schiske

Aposteriori deblurring of high resolution electron micrographs of weak phase objects can be performed by holographic filters [1,2] which are arranged in the Fourier domain of a light-optical reconstruction set-up. According to the diffraction efficiency and the lateral position of the grating structure, the filters permit adjustment of the amplitudes and phases of the spatial frequencies in the image which is obtained in the first diffraction order.In the case of bright field imaging with axial illumination, the Contrast Transfer Functions (CTF) are oscillating, but real. For different imageforming conditions and several signal-to-noise ratios an extensive set of Wiener-filters should be available. A simple method of producing such filters by only photographic and mechanical means will be described here.A transparent master grating with 6.25 lines/mm and 160 mm diameter was produced by a high precision computer plotter. It is photographed through a rotating mask, plotted by a standard plotter.


Geophysics ◽  
1973 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 310-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. J. Wang ◽  
S. Treitel

The normal equations for the discrete Wiener filter are conventionally solved with Levinson’s algorithm. The resultant solutions are exact except for numerical roundoff. In many instances, approximate rather than exact solutions satisfy seismologists’ requirements. The so‐called “gradient” or “steepest descent” iteration techniques can be used to produce approximate filters at computing speeds significantly higher than those achievable with Levinson’s method. Moreover, gradient schemes are well suited for implementation on a digital computer provided with a floating‐point array processor (i.e., a high‐speed peripheral device designed to carry out a specific set of multiply‐and‐add operations). Levinson’s method (1947) cannot be programmed efficiently for such special‐purpose hardware, and this consideration renders the use of gradient schemes even more attractive. It is, of course, advisable to utilize a gradient algorithm which generally provides rapid convergence to the true solution. The “conjugate‐gradient” method of Hestenes (1956) is one of a family of algorithms having this property. Experimental calculations performed with real seismic data indicate that adequate filter approximations are obtainable at a fraction of the computer cost required for use of Levinson’s algorithm.


2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 297-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
JULIA KNOEPKE ◽  
TOBIAS RICHTER ◽  
MAJ-BRITT ISBERNER ◽  
JOHANNES NAUMANN ◽  
YVONNE NEEB ◽  
...  

AbstractEstablishing local coherence relations is central to text comprehension. Positive-causal coherence relations link a cause and its consequence, whereas negative-causal coherence relations add a contrastive meaning (negation) to the causal link. According to the cumulative cognitive complexity approach, negative-causal coherence relations are cognitively more complex than positive-causal ones. Therefore, they require greater cognitive effort during text comprehension and are acquired later in language development. The present cross-sectional study tested these predictions for German primary school children from Grades 1 to 4 and adults in reading and listening comprehension. Accuracy data in a semantic verification task support the predictions of the cumulative cognitive complexity approach. Negative-causal coherence relations are cognitively more demanding than positive-causal ones. Moreover, our findings indicate that children's comprehension of negative-causal coherence relations continues to develop throughout the course of primary school. Findings are discussed with respect to the generalizability of the cumulative cognitive complexity approach to German.


2008 ◽  
Vol 56 (10) ◽  
pp. 5013-5019 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.L. Scharf ◽  
E.K.P. Chong ◽  
M.D. Zoltowski ◽  
J.S. Goldstein ◽  
I.S. Reed

1996 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Del Negro

The frequency-domain Wiener filtering was applied to magnetic anomalies in the volcanic area of Mt. Etna. This filter, under suitable conditions (additive noise, linear processing and mean-square error criterion), can furnish an effective tool for discriminating the geologic feature of interest (the signal) from the noise. The filter was first tested with synthetic data. Afterwards it was applied to a magnetic profile carried out across the principal fault system of the Mt. Etna volcano, that hosted the dykes feeding both the 1989 and the 1991-93 eruptions. The magnetic anomalies linked to the volcanic section and those linked to the contact between the clay basement and the lava coverage show significant spectral overlap. Thus by estimating the power spectrum of the signal, obtained resolving the forward problem, a least-squares Wiener filter has been designed. In such context, it was possible to verify the effectiveness of Wiener filters, whereas traditional band-pass filtering proved inadequate. In fact, analysis of the noise showed that all the meaningful components of the observed magnetic field were resolved. The results put further constraints on location and geometry of the shallow plumbing system of Mt. Etna.


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