PMID- 18296219 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20121002 LR - 20080225 IS - 1057-7149 (Print) IS - 1057-7149 (Linking) VI - 2 IP - 3 DP - 1993 TI - A generalized Gaussian image model for edge-preserving MAP estimation. PG - 296-310 AB - The authors present a Markov random field model which allows realistic edge modeling while providing stable maximum a posterior (MAP) solutions. The model, referred to as a generalized Gaussian Markov random field (GGMRF), is named for its similarity to the generalized Gaussian distribution used in robust detection and estimation. The model satisfies several desirable analytical and computational properties for map estimation, including continuous dependence of the estimate on the data, invariance of the character of solutions to scaling of data, and a solution which lies at the unique global minimum of the a posteriori log-likelihood function. The GGMRF is demonstrated to be useful for image reconstruction in low-dosage transmission tomography. FAU - Bouman, C AU - Bouman C AD - Sch. of Electr. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN. FAU - Sauer, K AU - Sauer K LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - IEEE Trans Image Process JT - IEEE transactions on image processing : a publication of the IEEE Signal Processing Society JID - 9886191 EDAT- 1993/01/01 00:00 MHDA- 1993/01/01 00:01 CRDT- 1993/01/01 00:00 PHST- 1993/01/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1993/01/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1993/01/01 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1109/83.236536 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - IEEE Trans Image Process. 1993;2(3):296-310. doi: 10.1109/83.236536.