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Portal images, acquired by Electronic Portal Imaging Devices (EPID), suffers from inherently poor visual quality in terms of spatial resolution and contrast. Edge-preserving smoothing is an image processing technique that smooths away the noisy textures while retaining sharp edges. Since portal images used for in-line treatment, patient setup verification, image processing could be applied to improve...