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Wavelet-Based Total Variation and Nonlocal Similarity Model For Image Denoising

The document proposes a denoising model that combines total variation (TV) and nonlocal similarity in the wavelet domain. This aims to suppress heavy noise while preserving edges and fine details of images. Experimental results on artificially degraded and low-light images show the proposed model outperforms other state-of-the-art denoising methods by effectively reducing noise and keeping images sharp with higher PSNR and SSIM scores. The model is implemented using MATLAB.

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Wavelet-Based Total Variation and Nonlocal Similarity Model For Image Denoising

The document proposes a denoising model that combines total variation (TV) and nonlocal similarity in the wavelet domain. This aims to suppress heavy noise while preserving edges and fine details of images. Experimental results on artificially degraded and low-light images show the proposed model outperforms other state-of-the-art denoising methods by effectively reducing noise and keeping images sharp with higher PSNR and SSIM scores. The model is implemented using MATLAB.

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Wavelet-Based Total Variation and

Nonlocal Similarity Model for Image


Denoising
Abstract:
To suppress the heavy noise and keep the distinct edges of the images in the low light
condition, we propose a denoising model based on the combination of total variation (TV)
and nonlocal similarity in the wavelet domain. The TV regularization in the wavelet domain
effectively suppresses the heavy noise with the biorthogonal wavelet function; the nonlocal
similarity regularization improves the fine image details. Denoising experiments on
artificially degraded and low light images show that in the heavy noise condition, the
proposed denoising model can suppress the heavy noise effectively and preserve the detail of
images than several state-of-the-art methods.

Index Terms—Birothogonal wavelet, heavy noise, nonlocal similarity, split Bregman, total
variation (TV).

2. OBJECTIVE:

To improve the denoising performance under the heavy noise, we propose a denoising model
combining TV model with nonlocal similarity in the wavelet domain to suppress the heavy
noise and enhance the edge details. Then, the split Bregman algorithm is applied to solving
this model iteratively. Experimental results show that the proposed model can mitigate noise
effectively, keep the edges sharper, and retain higher PSNR and SSIM compared to the
previous denoising techniques.

3. PROPOSED SCHEME:

We compare the performance of the proposed method with the previous denoising methods
by artificially degraded images and low light (LL) images. We generate artificially degraded
images by adding the Gaussian noise to the original clean image with σ of 0.2.
4. SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS

 Operating system : Windows XP/7.


 Coding Language : MATLAB
 Tool : MATLAB R 2012

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS:

 System : Pentium IV 2.4 GHz.


 Hard Disk : 40 GB.
 Floppy Drive : 1.44 Mb.
 Monitor : 15 VGA Colour.
 Mouse : Logitech.
 Ram : 512 Mb.

5. CONCLUSION:

In this letter, we propose a denoising model with the combination of TV and nonlocal
similarity based on the wavelet domain to suppress the heavy noise and keep the edge details
of images. The artificially degraded images and the LL images are used to validate the
proposed method. Experimental results show that the proposed method can efficiently
suppress the heavy noise and improve the PSNR and SSIM.

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