Notch Filters in image processing

A notch filter rejects (or passes) frequencies in predefined neighborhoods

Notch Filters
Notch Filters

about a center frequency. Due to the symmetry of the Fourier transform notch filters must appear in symmetric pairs about the origin. The transfer function of an ideal notch reject filter of radius D0 with centers a (u0,v0) and by symmetry at (-u0 , v0) is