Introduction - If you have any usage issues, please Google them yourself
In this paper, we make contact with the field of nonparametric
statistics and present a development and generalization
of tools and results for use in image processing and reconstruction.
In particular, we adapt and expand kernel regression ideas
for use in image denoising, upscaling, interpolation, fusion, and
more. Furthermore, we establish key relationships with some popular
existing methods and show how several of these algorithms,
including the recently popularized bilateral filter, are special cases
of the proposed framework. The resulting algorithms and analyses
are amply illustrated with practical examples.