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Papers Published

Title/Journal/Conference Paper No.

Journals• International

• “Lossy Compression and Curvelet Thresholding for Image

Denoising”, Int. J. Information and Communication

Technology (IJICT). P1

• “Fingerprint Image Denoising using Curvelet Transform”,

ARPN journal of Engineering and Applied Science. P2

• “Digital Image Compression using Curvelet Transform”,

Research Journal of Engineering and Technology. P3

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• “Image Denoising by Curvelets”, Journal of

cooperation among University, Research and

Industrial Enterprises (CURIE), BITS Pilani. P4

• “Curvelets for Fingerprint Image Compression”,

i-manager’s journal on Future engineering and

Technology. P5

Conferences• International

• “Lossy Compression and Curvelet Thresholding for Image

Denoising”, presented in International Conference on

Electronic Design (ICED) , Penang, Malaysia and published

in IEEE Xplore, Dec 2008.( Received Best paper award). P6

• “Curvelets and their applications( A Birds Eye View)”,

international conference on ADvances in ELectronics and

COmmunications (icon ADELCO ) . P7

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