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The paper shows that it is expedient to use vector masks for solving some types of digital image processing problems. The main advantage of vector masks compared to matrix masks is that they reduce the computational complexity of algorithms while maintaining, and in some problems even improving, quality indicators. The article demonstrates examples of the use of vector masks in the problem of estimating the level of discrete white noise in an image, forming a basis for constructing a correctly working sigma filter, which are used for obtaining smoothed partial derivative estimates in the problem of edge detection and detecting straight lines in a contour image. The work uses results obtained by the authors in their earlier publications.

The article presents a method for estimating the level of discrete white noise in an image, based on the use of linear difference operators with a vector mask. Two variants of a new method for estimating the noise level are proposed, which differ in the accuracy of the obtained estimates and computational complexity. The first version of the method can be attributed to the class of block methods, whereas the second one is intended for the rapid image analysis and is based on processing a small number of rows or columns of an image.