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PUBLICATIONS

A Fast Algorithm for Determining the Gaussian Filter Mean Line in Surface Metrology

Published

Author(s)

Y B. Yuan, X F. Qiang, Jun-Feng Song, Theodore V. Vorburger

Abstract

A fast algorithm for assessing the Gaussian filtered mean line was deduced using the central limit theorem and an approximation method. This algorithm only uses simple computer operations such as addition, subtraction and digit shifting, and avoids complicated ones such as multiplication and division, and therefore, can achieve a very high speed and accuracy without phase distortion. A new relationship between the Gaussian filtering method and the classical 2RC filtering method was also established using this algorithm.
Citation
Precision Engineering-Journal of the International Societies for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology
Volume
24
Issue
No. 1
Pub Type
Journals

Keywords

digital filter, Gaussian filter, mean line, surface
Manufacturing and Metrology

Citation

Yuan, Y. , Qiang, X. , Song, J. and Vorburger, T. (2000), A Fast Algorithm for Determining the Gaussian Filter Mean Line in Surface Metrology, Precision Engineering-Journal of the International Societies for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology (Accessed October 9, 2025)

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Created January 1, 2000, Updated February 19, 2017
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