scholarly journals A note on the definition of signal-to-noise ratio of room impulse responses

2012 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Csaba Huszty ◽  
Shinichi Sakamoto
Keyword(s):  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Impulse Responses ◽  
Signal To Noise ◽  
Noise Ratio ◽  
Definition Of

scholarly journals The Multi-resolution CLEAN

1991 ◽  
Vol 131 ◽  
pp. 268-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
B.P. Wakker ◽  
U.J. Schwarz
Keyword(s):  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Signal To Noise ◽  
Extended Sources ◽  
Noise Ratio ◽  
Definition Of

AbstractWe describe a modification to CLEAN which alleviates some problems for extended sources. This is accomplished by combining the results of a number of conventional CLEAN operations, each done at a different resolution. The algorithm is called “Multi-Resolution Clean” or “MRC”. Experiments on model sources have shown that it works well even when the source is so extended that the usual CLEAN becomes impractical. For extended sources, MRC enhances the signal-to-noise ratio, resulting in an easier definition of the area of signal. Moreover, MRC is in principle faster than a standard CLEAN because less δ-functions are needed. This work was published in Astr. Ap., 200, 312.

Chinese Syllable and Phoneme Identification in Noise and Reverberation

2015 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 483-488
Author(s):  
Jianxin Peng
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Character ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Reverberation Time ◽  
Impulse Responses ◽  
Signal To Noise ◽  
Identification Score ◽  
Initial Identification ◽  
Ratio Condition ◽  
Noise Ratio ◽  
Phoneme Identification

Abstract Chinese is a tonal language, which differentiates it from non-tonal languages in the Western countries. A Chinese character consists of an initial, a final, and a tone. In the present study, the effects of noise and reverberation on the Chinese syllable, initial, final, and tone identification in rooms were investigated by using simulated binaural impulse responses through auralization method. The results show that the syllable identification score is the lowest, the tone identification score is the highest, and the initial identification scores are lower than those of the final identification under the same reverberation time and signal-to-noise ratio condition. The Chinese syllable, initial, and final identification scores increase with the increase of signal-to-noise ratio and decrease of the reverberation time. The noise and reverberation have insignificant effects on the Chinese tone identification scores under most room acoustical environments. The statistical relationship between the Chinese syllable articulation and phoneme articulation had been experimentally proved under different noise and reverberation conditions in simulated rooms.

scholarly journals Definition of signal-to-noise ratio and its critical role in split-beam measurements

2005 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Kieser ◽  
Pall Reynisson ◽  
Timothy J. Mulligan
Keyword(s):  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Target Strength ◽  
Acoustic Measurements ◽  
Signal To Noise ◽  
Low Snr ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Noise Ratio ◽  
New Equation ◽  
Definition Of

Abstract The signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) plays a critical role in any measurement but is particularly important in fisheries acoustics where both signal and noise can change by orders of magnitude and may have large variations. “Textbook situations” exist where the SNR is clearly defined, but fisheries-acoustic measurements are generally not in this category as signal and noise come from a wide range of sources that change with location, depth, and ocean conditions. This paper defines the SNR and outlines its measurement using split-beam data. Its effect on target-strength (TS) measurements is explored. Recommendations are given for the routine use of the SNR in fisheries-acoustic measurements. This work also suggests a new equation for TS estimation that is important at low SNR.

Determination of the Best Emulsion for the Microscopy of Crystals

1981 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
pp. 32-33
Author(s):  
David A. Grano ◽  
Kenneth H. Downing
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Frequency ◽  
Information Transfer ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Experimental Situation ◽  
Photographic Emulsion ◽  
Modulation Transfer ◽  
Signal To Noise ◽  
Frequency Space ◽  
Noise Ratio

The retrieval of high-resolution information from images of biological crystals depends, in part, on the use of the correct photographic emulsion. We have been investigating the information transfer properties of twelve emulsions with a view toward 1) characterizing the emulsions by a few, measurable quantities, and 2) identifying the “best” emulsion of those we have studied for use in any given experimental situation. Because our interests lie in the examination of crystalline specimens, we've chosen to evaluate an emulsion's signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) as a function of spatial frequency and use this as our critereon for determining the best emulsion.The signal-to-noise ratio in frequency space depends on several factors. First, the signal depends on the speed of the emulsion and its modulation transfer function (MTF). By procedures outlined in, MTF's have been found for all the emulsions tested and can be fit by an analytic expression 1/(1+(S/S0)2). Figure 1 shows the experimental data and fitted curve for an emulsion with a better than average MTF. A single parameter, the spatial frequency at which the transfer falls to 50% (S0), characterizes this curve.

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