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18 November 2025

Infrasound leakage signals, with low propagation energy loss, are ideal for long-distance and small leakage detection but suffer severe background noise interference. Existing wavelet denoising methods using traditional soft/hard threshold functions...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
2,625 Views
13 Pages

1 December 2022

When the pulse current method is used for partial discharge (PD) monitoring of mining cables, the detected PD signals are seriously disturbed by the field noise, which are easily submerged in the noise and cannot be extracted. In order to realize the...

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  • Open Access
36 Citations
8,879 Views
16 Pages

6 July 2016

As the sound signal of a machine contains abundant information and is easy to measure, acoustic-based monitoring or diagnosis systems exhibit obvious superiority, especially in some extreme conditions. However, the sound directly collected from indus...

  • Article
  • Open Access
641 Views
26 Pages

Accurate measurement of broadband signals is fundamental to the broadband oscillation analysis of power grids. However, the measurement process of broadband signals generally suffers from noise interference and insufficient measurement accuracy. To a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,349 Views
18 Pages

In this study, an algorithm for denoising ultrasound echo signals in industrial settings is proposed to address the problem of high noise and low signal-to-noise ratio. The algorithm combines complete ensemble empirical mode decomposition with adapti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
3,970 Views
18 Pages

16 June 2022

Acoustic emission (AE) as a non-destructive monitoring method is used to identify small damage in various materials effectively. However, AE signals acquired during the monitoring of oil and gas steel pipelines are always contaminated with noise. A n...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
3,125 Views
19 Pages

4 August 2022

Fault diagnosis of rolling bearings can be a serious challenge, as rolling bearings often work under complex conditions and their vibration signals are typically nonlinear and nonstationary. This paper proposes a novel approach to diagnosing faults o...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,531 Views
18 Pages

22 October 2024

To address the noise issue in the measured vibration signals of spillway radial gate discharge, this paper utilizes the Multiverse Optimization Algorithm (MVO) to optimize the number of decomposition modes (K) and the penalty factor (α) in Vari...

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  • Open Access
758 Views
26 Pages

30 June 2025

Partial discharge (PD) in insulators will not only lead to the gradual degradation of insulation performance but even cause power system failure in serious cases. Because there is strong noise interference in the field, it is difficult to accurately...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,091 Views
16 Pages

In order to solve the problem of noise interference in the collected magneto mechanical signals, a new wavelet shrinkage threshold based on adaptive estimation is proposed. Based on the shortcomings of the traditional threshold function, an improved...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,049 Views
19 Pages

Guided wave ultrasonic testing (GWUT) within the realm of pipeline inspection is an efficacious approach; however, current GWUT systems are characterized by high costs and power consumption, and their detection results are significantly susceptible t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
173 Views
34 Pages

Vibration Signal Denoising Method Based on ICFO-SVMD and Improved Wavelet Thresholding

  • Yanping Cui,
  • Xiaoxu He,
  • Zhe Wu,
  • Qiang Zhang and
  • Yachao Cao

22 January 2026

Non-stationary, multi-component vibration signals in rotating machinery are easily contaminated by strong background noise, which masks weak fault features and degrades diagnostic reliability. This paper proposes a joint denoising method that combine...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,852 Views
21 Pages

23 May 2024

To enhance fault detection in slewing bearing vibration signals, an advanced noise-reduction model, HRCSA-VMD-WT, is designed for effective signal noise elimination. This model innovates by refining the Chameleon Swarm Algorithm (CSA) into a more pot...

  • Article
  • Open Access
39 Citations
7,441 Views
20 Pages

Online Ash Fouling Prediction for Boiler Heating Surfaces based on Wavelet Analysis and Support Vector Regression

  • Shuiguang Tong,
  • Xiang Zhang,
  • Zheming Tong,
  • Yanling Wu,
  • Ning Tang and
  • Wei Zhong

20 December 2019

Depending on its operating conditions, traditional soot blowing is activated for a fixed time. However, low-frequency soot blowing can cause heat transfer efficiency to decrease. High-frequency soot blowing not only wastes high-pressure steam, but al...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,305 Views
19 Pages

26 September 2023

Partial discharge (PD) is the primary factor causing insulation degradation in transformers. However, the collected signals of partial discharge are often contaminated with significant noise. This makes it difficult to extract the PD signal and hinde...

  • Article
  • Open Access
324 Views
32 Pages

16 January 2026

Early fault vibration signals of rolling bearings are non-stationary and nonlinear, with weak fault signatures easily masked by noise. Traditional denoising methods (e.g., wavelet thresholding, empirical mode decomposition (EMD)) struggle to accurate...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
5,777 Views
17 Pages

23 February 2017

Generally, the sound signal produced by transmission unit or cutting unit contains abundant information about the working state of a machine. The acoustic-based diagnosis system presents some distinct advantages in some severe conditions particularly...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,081 Views
14 Pages

Complete Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition and Wavelet Algorithm Denoising Method for Bridge Monitoring Signals

  • Bing-Chen Yang,
  • Fang-Zhou Xu,
  • Yu Zhao,
  • Tian-Yun Yao,
  • Hai-Yang Hu,
  • Meng-Yi Jia,
  • Yong-Jun Zhou and
  • Ming-Zhu Li

In order to investigate the analysis and processing methods for nonstationary signals generated in bridge health monitoring systems, this study combines the advantages of complete ensemble empirical mode decomposition (CEEMD) and wavelet threshold de...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,845 Views
20 Pages

A New Denoising Method for Belt Conveyor Roller Fault Signals

  • Xuedi Hao,
  • Jiajin Zhang,
  • Yingzong Gao,
  • Chenze Zhu,
  • Shuo Tang,
  • Pengfei Guo and
  • Wenliang Pei

11 April 2024

In the process of the intelligent inspection of belt conveyor systems, due to problems such as its long duration, the large number of rollers, and the complex working environment, fault diagnosis by acoustic signals is easily affected by signal coupl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,995 Views
16 Pages

25 March 2023

This paper addresses how to use high-order diffusion to restore the wavelet coefficients in the wavelet domain. To avoid image distortion, wavelets with symmetry are used for image decomposition to obtain the wavelet coefficients of each sub-band. Du...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,686 Views
21 Pages

Displacement Monitoring of a Bridge Based on BDS Measurement by CEEMDAN–Adaptive Threshold Wavelet Method

  • Chunlan Mo,
  • Huanyu Yang,
  • Guannan Xiang,
  • Guanjun Wang,
  • Wei Wang,
  • Xinghang Liu and
  • Zhi Zhou

25 April 2023

From the viewpoint of BDS bridge displacement monitoring, which is easily affected by background noise and the calculation of a fixed threshold value in the wavelet filtering algorithm, which is often related to the data length. In this paper, a data...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
6,018 Views
13 Pages

Denoising is the basis and premise of image processing and an important part of image preprocessing. Denoising can effectively improve image quality, which contributes to subsequent image processing such as image segmentation, feature extraction, and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,424 Views
19 Pages

19 February 2024

Underwater acoustic technology as an important means of exploring the oceans is receiving more attention. Denoising for underwater acoustic information in complex marine environments has become a hot research topic. In order to realize the hydrophone...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
6,359 Views
21 Pages

24 December 2018

Owing to the problems that imperfect decomposition process of empirical mode decomposition (EMD) denoising algorithm and poor self-adaptability, it will be extremely difficult to reduce the noise of signal. In this paper, a noise reduction method of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,008 Views
21 Pages

Local Complexity Estimation Based Filtering Method in Wavelet Domain for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Denoising

  • Izlian Y. Orea-Flores,
  • Francisco J. Gallegos-Funes and
  • Alfonso Arellano-Reynoso

16 April 2019

In this paper, we propose the local complexity estimation based filtering method in wavelet domain for MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) denoising. A threshold selection methodology is proposed in which the edge and detail preservation properties for...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,655 Views
15 Pages

14 June 2024

To achieve high-precision geomagnetic matching navigation, a reliable geomagnetic anomaly basemap is essential. However, the accuracy of the geomagnetic anomaly basemap is often compromised by noise data that are inherent in the process of data acqui...

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  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,944 Views
25 Pages

4 November 2021

In recent years, image filtering has been a hot research direction in the field of image processing. Experts and scholars have proposed many methods for noise removal in images, and these methods have achieved quite good denoising results. However, m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,255 Views
29 Pages

20 December 2022

Maintenance scheduling is a fundamental element in industry, where excessive downtime can lead to considerable economic losses. Active monitoring systems of various components are ever more used, and rolling bearings can be identified as one of the p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
6,013 Views
10 Pages

We propose a novel fast iterative thresholding algorithm for image compressive sampling (CS) recovery using three existing denoisers—i.e., TV (total variation), wavelet, and BM3D (block-matching and 3D filtering) denoisers. Through the use of the rec...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
772 Views
26 Pages

A Novel LiDAR Echo Signal Denoising Method Based on the VMD-CPO-IWT Algorithm

  • Jipeng Zha,
  • Xiangjin Zhang,
  • Tuan Hua,
  • Na Sheng,
  • Yang Kang and
  • Can Li

14 October 2025

Due to the susceptibility of LiDAR echo signals to various noise interferences, which severely affect their detection quality and accuracy, this paper proposes a joint denoising method combining Variational Mode Decomposition (VMD), Crested Porcupine...

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  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,055 Views
18 Pages

GPR Image Noise Removal Using Grey Wolf Optimisation in the NSST Domain

  • Xingkun He,
  • Can Wang,
  • Rongyao Zheng and
  • Xiwen Li

2 November 2021

Hyper-wavelet transforms, such as a non-subsampled shearlet transform (NSST), are one of the mainstream algorithms for removing random noise from ground-penetrating radar (GPR) images. Because GPR image noise is non-uniform, the use of a single fixed...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,689 Views
15 Pages

Research on Bi–ISAR Sparse Aperture High Resolution Imaging Algorithm under Low SNR

  • Hanshen Zhu,
  • Wenhua Hu,
  • Baofeng Guo,
  • Liting Jiao,
  • Xiaoxiu Zhu and
  • Chang’an Zhu

9 September 2022

In the imaging process of bistatic inverse synthetic aperture radar (Bi–ISAR), the echo is easily affected by the internal interference and external environment of the radar system, resulting in the problems of sparse aperture and low echo sign...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
1,420 Views
17 Pages

Noise Reduction of Steam Trap Based on SSA-VMD Improved Wavelet Threshold Function

  • Shuxun Li,
  • Qian Zhao,
  • Jinwei Liu,
  • Xuedong Zhang and
  • Jianjun Hou

4 March 2025

The performance of steam traps plays an important role in the normal operation of steam systems. It also contributes to the improvement of thermal efficiency of steam-using equipment and the rational use of energy. As an important component of the st...

  • Article
  • Open Access
101 Citations
8,842 Views
23 Pages

28 July 2018

Owing to the complexity of the ocean background noise, underwater acoustic signal denoising is one of the hotspot problems in the field of underwater acoustic signal processing. In this paper, we propose a new technique for underwater acoustic signal...

  • Article
  • Open Access
821 Views
27 Pages

Ultrasonic Localization of Transformer Patrol Robot Based on Wavelet Transform and Narrowband Beamforming

  • Hongxin Ji,
  • Zijian Tang,
  • Jiaqi Li,
  • Chao Zheng,
  • Xinghua Liu and
  • Liqing Liu

13 September 2025

The large size and metal-enclosed casings of oil-immersed power transformers present significant challenges for patrol robots attempting to accurately locate their position within the transformer. Therefore, this paper proposes a three-dimensional sp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,133 Views
23 Pages

29 August 2020

In order to accurately identify the pipeline leak fault of a mine air compressor, a novel intelligent diagnosis method is presented based on the integration of an adaptive wavelet threshold denoising (WTD) algorithm, improved firefly algorithm (IFA),...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,801 Views
17 Pages

A Novel Signal Separation and De-Noising Technique for Doppler Radar Vital Signal Detection

  • Xiaoling Li,
  • Bin Liu,
  • Yang Liu,
  • Jiawei Li,
  • Jiarui Lai and
  • Ziming Zheng

1 November 2019

Doppler radar for monitoring vital signals is an emerging tool, and how to remove the noise during the detection process and reconstruct the accurate respiration and heartbeat signals are hot issues in current research. In this paper, a novel radar v...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,404 Views
17 Pages

4 September 2024

Monitoring tree growth helps operators better understand the growth mechanism of trees and the health status of trees and to formulate more effective management measures. Computer vision technology can quickly restore the three-dimensional geometric...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,059 Views
18 Pages

13 October 2023

The wavelet threshold functions are widely used in oil chromatography denoising because high-quality signals are the basis for Dissolved Gas Analysis (DGA), which determines the accuracy of transformer fault monitoring. However, there are certain lim...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,269 Views
19 Pages

6 January 2019

Damage detection using an FBG sensor is a critical process for an assessment of any inspection technology classified as structural health monitoring (SHM). FBG signals containing noise in experiments are developed to detect flaws. In this paper, we p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,710 Views
16 Pages

Wavelet and Earth Mover’s Distance Coupling Denoising Techniques

  • Zhihua Zhang,
  • Xudong Xu and
  • M. James C. Crabbe

25 August 2023

The widely used wavelet-thresholding techniques (DWT-H and DWT-S) have a near-optimal behavior that cannot be enhanced by any local denoising filter, but they cannot utilize the similarity of small-size image patches to enhance the denoising performa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,073 Views
18 Pages

14 April 2025

Traditional user authentication mechanisms in information systems, such as passwords and biometrics, remain vulnerable to forgery, theft, and privacy breaches. To address these limitations, this study proposes a two-factor authentication framework th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
5,758 Views
12 Pages

Gap Measurement of Point Machine Using Adaptive Wavelet Threshold and Mathematical Morphology

  • Tianhua Xu,
  • Guang Wang,
  • Haifeng Wang,
  • Tangming Yuan and
  • Zhiwang Zhong

26 November 2016

A point machine’s gap is an important indication of its healthy status. An edge detection algorithm is proposed to measure and calculate a point machine’s gap from the gap image captured by CCD plane arrays. This algorithm integrates adaptive wavelet...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,521 Views
15 Pages

Wiener Filtering in Wavelet Domain on Laser Self-Mixing Interference for Micro-Displacement Reconstruction

  • Hui Liu,
  • Xintao Li,
  • Yaqiang You,
  • Xia Liu,
  • Xiaohui Zhao,
  • Jian Sun,
  • Jingwei Wang and
  • Dong Hou

In this paper, a Wiener filtering algorithm in the wavelet domain is proposed to filter the laser self-mixing interference (SMI) signals, which is used to improve the accuracy of displacement reconstruction. The Wiener filter is theoretically constru...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,186 Views
14 Pages

1 December 2023

Electrophysiological signals are one of the key ways that fish convey information and govern movement. Changes in physiological electrical signals may indirectly reflect changes in fish sensory thresholds and locomotor behavior. The acquisition of ph...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,304 Views
14 Pages

20 August 2025

Wavelength modulation-tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (WM-TDLAS) is a critical tool for gas detection. However, noise in second harmonic signals degrades detection performance. This study presents a hybrid denoising algorithm combining Em...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,801 Views
13 Pages

27 December 2022

Leak detection and location of water supply pipelines is an important area of research, and it is especially important to find the leakage location in time and repair them. In view of the problem, that a large amount of noise is mixed in the detectio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
5,446 Views
15 Pages

21 February 2019

The continuous casting process is a continuous, complex phase transition process. The noise components of the continuous casting process are complex, the model is difficult to establish, and it is difficult to separate the noise and clear signals eff...

  • Article
  • Open Access
261 Views
16 Pages

An Enhanced Low-Power Ultrasonic Bolt Axial Stress Detection Method Using the EMD-ATWD Algorithm

  • Yating Liu,
  • Chao Xu,
  • Chunming Chen,
  • Lianpeng Li,
  • Yuhong Shi and
  • Lu Yan

Traditional ultrasonic bolt stress measurement is hindered by high power consumption. Lowering excitation voltage reduces power but degrades signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), compromising accuracy. This paper proposes a synergistic algorithm combining Emp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
987 Views
17 Pages

Research on Signal Processing Algorithms Based on Wearable Laser Doppler Devices

  • Yonglong Zhu,
  • Yinpeng Fang,
  • Jinjiang Cui,
  • Jiangen Xu,
  • Minghang Lv,
  • Tongqing Tang,
  • Jinlong Ma and
  • Chengyao Cai

Wearable laser Doppler devices are susceptible to complex noise interferences, such as Gaussian white noise, baseline drift, and motion artifacts, with motion artifacts significantly impacting clinical diagnostic accuracy. Addressing the limitations...

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