In this paper we are presenting a filtering scheme using Symlet wavelet to
remove the speckle noise from the time-averaged digital speckle pattern int
erferometry fringes. To demonstrate the potential of Symlet wavelet filteri
ng, experiments are conducted to remove the speckle noise from the fringes
recorded for the surface of computer hard disk. Experimental results demons
trate that this filtering removes the speckle noise to the large extent. (C
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