... 99, 19] 14 Nonlinear Signal and Image Processing: Theory, Methods, and Applications 1.4 Noise Reduction Filters for Color Image Processing Several nonlinear techniques for color image processing ... Venetsanopoulos, Nonlinear Techniques for Color Image Processing 1.3.1 Anisotropic Diffusion Applied to Color Images Let F(x, y, t) = [Fr (x, y, t), Fg (x, y, t), Fb (x, y, t)] denote a color image pixel ... techniques For example, conventional linear techniques cannot cope with nonlinearities of the image formation model and fail to preserve edges and image details To this end, nonlinear color image...