In this paper we propose a new two-dimensional least mean squares algo
rithm (2D-LMS) which is able to track nonstationarities in both vertic
al and horizontal directions with a computational load comparable to 1
D-LMS methods of the same number of weights. The main difference of ou
r method consists in the proposed strategy to run the image in order t
o update the filter weights. Smaller initial transients, as well as a
reduction in computational load and storage are achieved. Simulations
comparing the behavior of our method to recently published methods of
2D-LMS adaptive filtering, have been carried out, showing the main adv
antages of the proposed method. (C) 1997 Academic Press.