IMAGING GLOSSARY
Median filter (image processing)An image spatial filtering operation
based on an input pixel and its 8 neighbors.
The resulting value is the median (5th from the sorted values).
A median filter is often used to reduce spike or speckling noise from a
gray-scale image. It has the advantage over convolution smoothing, as it
better preserves edges.
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