Sharp FIR filters have very high implementation complexities. This is even more so for sharp 2-D FIR filters. In this paper, we introduce a new efficient approach for the synthesis of sharp diamond-shaped 2-D FIR filters using the frequency response masking technique. The design procedure as well as the parameters for the minimum complexity design are presented. A design example is also include...

This contribution addresses the efficient evaluation of Fourier-based kernels for synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image formation. The goal is to evaluate the quality of the focused impulse response function and the residual phase errors of the kernel without having to implement the processor itself nor perform a costly point-target simulation followed by the processing. The proposed methodology...

In this paper the approximation of a complex-valued speci cation by the frequency response of a 2-D IIR separable-denominator (SD) digital lter is considered. The approximation problem is transformed into an equivalent one, where a real-valued 2-D IIR SD digital lter with some additional characteristics has to be determined that approximates a given real-valued 2-D FIR digital lter. A theorem i...

Using linear acoustics the emitted and scattered ultrasound field can be found by using spatial impulse responses as developed by Tupholme and Stepanishen. The impulse response is calculated by the Rayleigh integral by summing the spherical waves emitted from all of the aperture surface. The evaluation of the integral is cumbersome and quite involved for different aperture geometries. This pape...

This paper presents fundamental limitations imposed on the frequency response of a filter by a non-negative impulse response (NNIR). Several upper-bounds on power spectral attenuation/gain in linearly spaced frequency regions are derived. These upper-bounds serve as a guide in the design of NNIR filters.

The finite impulse response filters are inherently stable and have linear phase response property. The main drawback of these filters is lies in requirement of higher orders for similar magnitude response compared to Infinite Impulse response filters. Also the amount of computational complexity needed for the implementation of the filter, especially for the filters with narrow transition band i...

T his paper investigates the existence of possible spillover effects among four main asset markets namely foreign exchange, stock, gold, and housing markets in Iran from 2002:03 to 2015:06. For this purpose, we have exploited Sigma-Point Kalman Filter (SPKF) to extract the bubble component of assets prices in the aforementioned Markets. Then, in order to analyze the price bubbles spi...

The polyspectrum modeling problem using linear or quadratic filters is investigated. In the linear case, we show that, if the output pth-order cumulant function of a filter, driven by a white noise, is of finite extent, then the filter necessarily has a finite extent impulse response. Next, we establish expressions of the output polyspectrum of a quadratic filter, driven by a Gaussian white noi...

The paper investigates the effectiveness of four projection methods of finite response function (FIR) to infinite response function (IIR) filters. This is done in the scope of a linear physiological model developed for functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI). Of the four methods the Steiglitz-Mcbride algorithm provided the best fit. A new method is also proposed where a regularization term...

A model has been developed which is designed to preserve some of the naturalness that is usually lost in speech synthesis. A parametrized function is used to produce an approximation to the cross-sectional rea through the glottis. A circuit model of the subglottal and glottal system is used with the supraglottal pressure to generate the glottal volume velocity. The tract used to obtain the supr...