
6.3.3 Low-Pass Filtering in the
Fourier Domain
Since a low-pass filter can suppress noise in an image, an alternative to spatial
domain filtering is to implement the low-pass filtering in the Fourier domain.
To accomplish this, a 2-D low-pass filter transfer function H(u, v) is multiplied
by the Fourier transform G (u, v) of the image
ˆ
Fu, vðÞ¼Hu, vðÞGu, vðÞ (6:29)
where F
ˆ
(u, v) is the Fourier transform of the filtered image f (x, y) that we wish to
recover. f (x, y) can be obtained by taking the inverse Fourier transform.
An ideal low-pass filter is designed by assigning a frequency cutoff value
Hu, vðÞ¼
1ifD(u, v) # D
0
0 otherwise
(6:30)
where D (u, v) is