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Noise

Variations or disturbances in brightness or color information in an image that do not arise from the scene. DiscussionSources of noise include film grain, electronic variations in the input device sensor and circuitry, and stray electromagnetic fields in the signal pathway. It frequently refers to visible artifacts in an image.

Date Added to Lexicon
Standard Source (Designation Number Title of Standard. Publisher, Place, Year.)
ANSI/ASTM E2825-12 Standard Guide for Forensic Digital Image Processing. ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428, 2012. Source link
Reprinted, with permission, from ASTM, copyright ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428. A copy of the complete standard may be purchased from ASTM International, https://www.astm.org