# Why pixels on image edges are shifted when using Wiener filter?

I implemented a Wiener filter using Matlab and i noticed that both functions(mine and matlabs) are creating an image with shifted pixels on the edges. Class teacher said it will happen. Is there a simple explanation to that?

Code:

%open image

%sigma for gaussian
sigma = 1.2;
%gaussian kernel max width/height
N = 2*ceil(3*sigma)+1;

PSF = fspecial('gaussian',N,sigma);

%Noise
NSR = 0.05;

%Matlab's Wiener function.
I1 = deconvwnr(I,PSF,NSR);

%New PSF for my implementation
PSF1 = zeros(N,N);
%loop to create the 2D gaussian psf.
x = (N/2)-0.5;
for i = -x:x
for j = -x:x
%gaussian
PSF1(i+x+1,j+x+1) = exp( -( ( (i^2) + (j^2) ) / ( 2 * (sigma^2) ) ) );
end
end

%normalization
PSF1=PSF1/sum(sum(PSF1));

%fourier transformation of PSF1.
fouri = zeros(size(I,1),size(I,2));
fouri(1:N,1:N)= PSF1;
H = fft2(fouri);

%uint8 to double of the original image.
I = double(I);
%fourier transformation of the image
Y = fft2(I);
%Wiener function.
X = conj(H)./ ( abs(H).^2 + NSR ).*  Y;

%exit from fourier transformation.
I2 = real(ifft2(X));
%go back to uint8 for both images.
I2 = uint8(I2);
I = uint8(I);

%Results.
subplot(1,3,1); imshow(I); title('Original');
subplot(1,3,2); imshow(I1); title('Matlab function');
subplot(1,3,3); imshow(I2); title('My implementation');

• please clarify your question posting some code. – Darleison Rodrigues May 6 '16 at 22:38
• Can you please post the two images separately? Posting screenshots of the UI helps no one. – Peter K. May 7 '16 at 0:10
• Can you post the code? It will help. – Amal May 7 '16 at 2:37
• Added code. Removed image – Segmentation May 7 '16 at 9:24
• This is usual behaviour for any filtering whether Wiener or not. Filtering is convolution and convloution operation will change the output image boundaries if the filter is not zero a phase type. Due to matlab indexing it wont be zero phase and the image will always be shifted by the group delay count of the filter impulse response. Furthermore even if you implement the filtering in frequency domain by multiplying DFTs of signal and filter impulse responses, a similar (circular) shift will happen and image will be delayed. You can compansate for such shifts by taking the "centre" of the result – Fat32 May 7 '16 at 13:28