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We implemented this strategy on both simulated as well as real interferometric data for the validation of our approach. For synthetic data, three different training dictionaries have been compared, namely, a dictionary extracted from the data, a dictionary obtained by a uniform random distribution in [ \u2212 \u03c0 , \u03c0 ] , and a dictionary built from discrete cosine transform. Further, a similar strategy plan has been applied to real interferograms. We used interferometric data of various SAR sensors, including low resolution C-band ERS\/ENVISAT, medium L-band ALOS, and high resolution X-band COSMO-SkyMed, all over an area of Mt. Etna, Italy. Both on simulated and real interferometric phase images, the proposed approach shows significant noise reduction within the fringe pattern, without any considerable loss of useful information.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s19122684","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,6,14]],"date-time":"2019-06-14T11:19:58Z","timestamp":1560511198000},"page":"2684","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Interferometric SAR Phase Denoising Using Proximity-Based K-SVD Technique"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"19","author":[{"given":"Chandrakanta","family":"Ojha","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85281, USA"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7847-7576","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Adele","family":"Fusco","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CNR IREA, Via Diocleziano 328, 80124 Naples, Italy"},{"name":"Universit\u00e0 del Sannio, Palazzo Dell\u2019Aquila Bosco Lucarelli, Corso Garibaldi, 107 82100 Benevento, Italy"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2679-4457","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Innocenzo M.","family":"Pinto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Universit\u00e0 del Sannio, Palazzo Dell\u2019Aquila Bosco Lucarelli, Corso Garibaldi, 107 82100 Benevento, Italy"},{"name":"National Institute for Nuclear Physics, Department of Naples, Strada Comunale Cinthia, 80126 Naples, Italy"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,6,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"147","article-title":"Theory and Design of Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radars","volume":"139","author":"Rodriguez","year":"1992","journal-title":"IEE Proc. 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