Continuous wavelet transform

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Continuous wavelet transform of frequency breakdown signal. Used symlet with 5 vanishing moments.

In mathematics, the continuous wavelet transform (CWT) is a formal (i.e., non-numerical) tool that provides an overcomplete representation of a signal by letting the translation and scale parameter of the wavelets vary continuously.

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Definition

The continuous wavelet transform of a function at a scale and translational value is expressed by the following integral

where is a continuous function in both the time domain and the frequency domain called the mother wavelet and the overline represents operation of complex conjugate. The main purpose of the mother wavelet is to provide a source function to generate the daughter wavelets which are simply the translated and scaled versions of the mother wavelet. To recover the original signal , the first inverse continuous wavelet transform can be exploited.

is the dual function of and

is admissible constant, where hat means Fourier transform operator. Sometimes, , then the admissible constant becomes

Traditionally, this constant is called wavelet admissible constant. A wavelet whose admissible constant satisfies

is called an admissible wavelet. To recover the original signal , the second inverse continuous wavelet transform can be exploited.

This inverse transform suggests that a wavelet should be defined as

where is a window. Such defined wavelet can be called as an analyzing wavelet, because it admits to time-frequency analysis. An analyzing wavelet is unnecessary to be admissible.

Scale factor

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The scale factor either dilates or compresses a signal. When the scale factor is relatively low, the signal is more contracted which in turn results in a more detailed resulting graph. However, the drawback is that low scale factor does not last for the entire duration of the signal. On the other hand, when the scale factor is high, the signal is stretched out which means that the resulting graph will be presented in less detail. Nevertheless, it usually lasts the entire duration of the signal.

Continuous wavelet transform properties

In definition, the continuous wavelet transform is a convolution of the input data sequence with a set of functions generated by the mother wavelet. The convolution can be computed by using a fast Fourier transform (FFT) algorithm. Normally, the output is a real valued function except when the mother wavelet is complex. A complex mother wavelet will convert the continuous wavelet transform to a complex valued function. The power spectrum of the continuous wavelet transform can be represented by . [1] [2]

Visualizing the effect of changing a Morlet wavelet's
s
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parameter, which interpolates between the original time-series and a Fourier transform. Here, a frequency-modulated tone (plus noise) is analyzed;
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Visualizing the effect of changing a Morlet wavelet's parameter, which interpolates between the original time-series and a Fourier transform. Here, a frequency-modulated tone (plus noise) is analyzed; is adjusted from 1 to 200, in steps of unity.

Applications of the wavelet transform

One of the most popular applications of wavelet transform is image compression. The advantage of using wavelet-based coding in image compression is that it provides significant improvements in picture quality at higher compression ratios over conventional techniques. Since wavelet transform has the ability to decompose complex information and patterns into elementary forms, it is commonly used in acoustics processing and pattern recognition, but it has been also proposed as an instantaneous frequency estimator. [3] Moreover, wavelet transforms can be applied to the following scientific research areas: edge and corner detection, partial differential equation solving, transient detection, filter design, electrocardiogram (ECG) analysis, texture analysis, business information analysis and gait analysis. [4] Wavelet transforms can also be used in Electroencephalography (EEG) data analysis to identify epileptic spikes resulting from epilepsy. [5] Wavelet transform has been also successfully used for the interpretation of time series of landslides [6] and land subsidence [7] , and for calculating the changing periodicities of epidemics. [8]

Continuous Wavelet Transform (CWT) is very efficient in determining the damping ratio of oscillating signals (e.g. identification of damping in dynamic systems). CWT is also very resistant to the noise in the signal. [9]

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