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Int. J. on Recent Trends in Engineering and Technology, Vol. 10, No. 1, Jan 2014

An Iterative Solution for Random Valued Impulse
Noise Reduction
Manohar Koli1 and S.Balaji2
1

Dept. of Computer Science, Tumkur University, Tumkur-572103, Karnataka, India
Email: makresearch2012@gmail.com
2
Dept. of CSE, City Engineering College, Bangalore-560061, Karnataka, India
Email: drsbalaji@gmail.com

Abstract— In this paper, an iterative solution for high density random valued impulse noise
reduction of gray scale images is proposed. The algorithm, which works in an iterative
fashion, is designed by considering the different parameters that influence the effect of noise
reduction. Each iteration significantly increases the performance of the proposed algorithm.
Restored Mean Absolute Error (RMAE) is used to measure and compare the performance
of the algorithm. The algorithm is compared with several non-linear algorithms reported in
the literature. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm produces better
results compared to the existing algorithms.
Index Terms— Impulse Noise, Restoration, Image Enhancement, Image De-Noising,
Adaptive Filters

I. INTRODUCTION
Impulse noise is one which may corrupt the images during their acquisition, transmission or storage. Several
algorithms have been proposed to remove impulse noise in the images. Random Valued Impulse Noise
(RVIN) assumes a noise value between the minimum value 0 and the maximum value 255 of noise, as shown
in equation (1).
0 255
=
(1)
Many value estimation techniques for corrupted pixels have been reported in literature [1]. Mean and median
filters are the most popularly used techniques. In the mean filter an average value of the neighboring pixels of
a scanning window is used as an estimated value of test pixel whereas in the median filter neighboring pixel
values are sorted in order and then the median value is used as the test pixel value. Mean filter is effective in
minimizing the mean square error value of estimation. Median filter algorithm produces good visibility in
restored image. Several improved versions of mean and median algorithms have been proposed by adding
new features like weight and trimming to the existing algorithms [2]. In non-linear filters conditions are used
for separating or identifying noisy pixels from uncorrupted pixels and only corrupted pixels are restored.
Some of the popular approaches are: (i) global and local thresholds calculation for separation of noisy pixels
from uncorrupted pixels, (ii) adaptive median value calculation for accurate restoration or replacement value
calculation, (iii) weight based restoration for combining or considering the effect of more than one affecting
features of noise replacement, (iv) progressive or iterative replacement to improve the accuracy of algorithm
by repetitive identification and replacement of noisy pixels, (v) two or multi-phase algorithms wherein
distinct unrelated stages are used to avoid propagation of noise signal by calculating exactly corrupted and
DOI: 01.IJRTET.10.1.10
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uncorrupted pixels and considering only the uncorrupted pixels for restoration value calculation, (vi)
switching techniques to combine more than one existing filters to use different efficient filters in different
noisy conditions since no single filter best fits for all noise levels. Some algorithms are good for low noise
ratio. Soft computing techniques such as fuzzy, neural, edge preserving and decision based techniques are
also reported for enhancement of efficiency of algorithms and also produce the good visibility.
In literature, it is observed that only few algorithms are proposed to handle RVIN. Our main aim is to provide
a better solution to RVIN than the available algorithms in literature. Hence, our Proposed Random Valued
Impulse Noise Algorithm (PARVIN) is compared with Adaptive Median Filters (AMF) [3], Progressive
Switching Median Filter (PSMF) [4], Tri-State Median Filter (TSMF) [5], Adaptive Fuzzy Switching Filter
(AFSF) [6], a New Impulse Detector Based on Order Statistics Filter (NIND) [7], An Efficient Algorithm for
the Removal of Impulse Noise from Corrupted Images (AEAFRIN) [8], a New Fast and Efficient DecisionBased Algorithm(DBA) [9], An Improved Adaptive Median Filter (IAMF) [10], Robust Statistics Based
Algorithm (RSBA) [11], Decision Based Adaptive Median Filter (DBAF) [12], Image Restoration in Nonlinear Filtering Domain Using MDB Approach (MDBF) [13], Detail Preserving Adaptive Filter (DPAF) [14]
and A Universal Denoising Framework (UDF) [15].
II. METHODOLOGY
Our algorithm is designed considering the fact that linear noise removing algorithms work well in removing
the impulse noise. But, since the efficiency of the algorithm decreases and also blurs the images, the
algorithm is applied linearly to all pixels including the non-noisy ones. Hence, while applying the linear filter
we identify the corrupted pixels and we apply the filter only for the corrupted pixels. In our algorithm, output
of the linear filter and the mean threshold are used for identifying the corrupted noisy pixels. The order in
which we replace the noisy pixels also plays an important role in noise suppression. To improve the
efficiency of the algorithm, corrupted pixels are replaced in the order of highly corrupted to less corrupted
pixels. This way we are able to control the propagation of the noise signal. Our method has three steps
(algorithms Alg-1, Alg-2 and Alg-3). Complete block diagram of the proposed system is shown in figure (1).
Algorithm Alg-1
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

Read corrupted image and detected binary noise image
.
Calculate size of input image [ , ] =
( ) and initialize new restored image = ;
Calculate value of = (
( )/(
) 10) + 1.
Initialize variable = 0.
Repeat steps 5 through 9 while <= else go to step 10.
Increment
= + 1;
Scan input image using 3x3 window using the variables i and j where i indicates the row number
and j indicates the column number such that the centre pixel of window (3, 3) overlaps the test pixel
( , ).
8. Sort all nine scanned pixels of window in ascending order a1 to a9.
9. If test pixel ( , ) is less than or equal to ( ) or greater than or equal to (10
) then replace
pixel ( , ) with (5).
10. Copy restored image to , ( = ).
In step one corrupted pixels are identified by comparing the output of the linear restoration filter proposed in
Alg-1 and the original image. Mean threshold is used to generate binary noise image
where the pixel
value one indicates corrupted pixel and zero indicates non-corrupted pixel. In step two, the corrupted image
is restored with the help of the noisy pixels present in
. Alg-2 is used for initial restoration of the noisy
pixels. Once initial noise suppression is completed Alg-3 is used for complete restoration of the corrupted
image.
Algorithm Alg-2
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Read corrupted image .
Calculate size of input image [ , ] =
( ) and initialize new restored image = ;
Initialize binary noise image
=
( , ) and variable = 0.
Repeat steps 4 to 8 while <= 4 else go to step 9.
Increment
= + 1;
Scan the input image using 3x3 window using variables i and j where i indicates the row number and
j indicates the column number such that the centre pixel of window (3, 3) overlaps the test pixel ( , ).
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Noise Detection

Noise Reduction

Figure1. Block Diagram of Proposed System

7.

If corresponding pixel of test pixel in
image is 1 then select window pixels where corresponding
value of pixel in
is 0.
8. If the numbers of selected pixels are more than 2 then ( , ) value is replaced by median value of
selected pixels else increase the window size and repeat steps 7 and 8.
9. Calculate difference of and , and store in .
10. Calculate
mean of
. Convert
to binary noise image
using threshold . Pixels having
intensity value more than threshold value are considered as 1 else 0.
Algorithm Alg-3
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

Read corrupted images .
Calculate size of the input image [ , ] =
( ) and initialize new restored image = ;
Calculate value of = (
( )/(
) 10) + 1.
Initialize variable = 0.
Repeat steps 5 to 9 while <= else go to step 10.
Increment
= + 1;
Scan the input image using 3x3 window using variables i and j where i indicates the row number and
j indicates the column number such that centre pixel of window (3, 3) overlaps the test pixel ( , ).
8. Sort all nine scanned pixels of window in ascending order 1 to 9.
9. If test pixel ( , ) is less than equal to ( ) or greater than equal to (10
) then replace pixel
( , ) with (5).
10. Display restored image .
III. PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS
To evaluate performance of our proposed algorithm, four different natural images (IMAGE-1, IMAGE-2,
IMAGE-3, IMAGE-4) are used. The performance is measured using RMAE. Figure 2 and Figure 3 show
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restoration results of our algorithm for the images IMAGE-1 and IMAGE-2 for different amounts of noise
ratio. Visibility of output of 70% noisy image clearly shows that the efficiency of our algorithm is very high.
Figure 4 and Figure 5 show restoration results of different filters. The visibility of the outputs clearly shows
that efficiency of our algorithm is high compared to other algorithms. Calculated RMAE for image IMAGE-3
and IMAGE- 4 are shown in Table 1 and Table 2. Compared to other popular algorithms RMAE value of our
algorithm is very high. Graphical analyses of results are shown in Figure 6 and Figure 7.
(

=1

(

=

Where
X
R
MXN
MAE
RMAE

-

)

(2)

)

(3)

( × )

Original Image.
Restored Image.
Size Of Image.
Mean Absolute Error.
Restored Mean Absolute Error.

IV. SIMULATION AND RESULTS
To evaluate performance of our proposed algorithm, four different natural images (IMAGE-1, IMAGE-2,
IMAGE-3, IMAGE-4) are used. The performance is measured using RMAE. Figure 2 and Figure 3 show
restoration results of our algorithm for the images IMAGE-1 and IMAGE-2 for different amounts of noise
ratio. Visibility of output of 70% noisy image clearly shows that the efficiency of our algorithm is very high.
Figure 4 and Figure 5 show restoration results of different filters. The visibility of the outputs clearly shows
that efficiency of our algorithm is high compared to other algorithms. Calculated RMAE for image IMAGE-3
and IMAGE- 4 are shown in Table 1 and Table 2. Compared to other popular algorithms RMAE value of our
algorithm is very high. Graphical analyses of results are shown in Figure 6 and Figure 7.
TABLE I. R MAE VALUES OF FILTERS FOR R VIN IMAGE-3(230X230)
NOISE RATIO
FILTERS
AMF
PSMF
TSMF
AFSF
NIND
AEAFRIN
DBA
IAMF
RSBA
DBAF
MDBF
DPAF
UDF
PARVIN

10

20
17.22
-75.76
-197.5
-73.79
-13.52
-70.85
-2.62
-47.46
17.3
-62.19
17.03
16.83
-133.8
80.18

30
33.34
5.99
-52.89
2.06
31.43
-0.39
-0.58
17.77
34.09
7.17
33.44
32.64
-25.76
78.71

40
34.59
30.5
-6.38
24.1
45.1
24.09
-0.05
34.71
34.36
27.66
34.36
33.3
8.7
75.57

32.24
41.49
18.07
33.44
51.3
33.99
0.14
42.2
32.51
36.13
32.24
32.29
25.76
73.91

15

50
28.38
46.41
29.46
36.78
52.89
37.7
0.45
41.71
29.15
38.6
29.2
29.24
34.77
70.23

60
25.65
47.55
34.91
36.9
49.71
37.02
0.42
33.41
25.64
38.02
25.55
25.42
37.55
66.97

70

80
22.21
44.26
36.9
35.26
43.8
35.26
0.56
17.66
22.11
35.95
22.35
22.16
39.03
61.92

90
19.23
39.47
36.11
32.58
35.44
33.06
0.71
7.68
18.95
32.99
19.22
19.34
36.76
55.17

16.46
33.94
34.55
29.6
25.68
29.61
0.57
3.6
15.86
29.38
16.91
16.63
34.31
44.2
TABLE II. R MAE VALUES OF FILTERS FOR R VIN IMAGE-4 (300X300)
NOISE RATIO
FILTERS
AMF
PSMF
TSMF
AFSF
NIND
AEAFRIN
DBA
IAMF
RSBA
DBAF
MDBF
DPAF
UDF
PARVIN

10

20
57.52
48.87
-35.2
40.17
60.54
41.81
0.6
52.97
56.51
49.28
57.4
57.78
18.25
93.6

30
53.27
67.78
29.84
60.35
74.53
61.93
1.05
68.36
53.3
66.98
55.14
54.49
54.53
92.9

40
46.73
73.11
51.83
62.68
79.58
65.64
1
71.2
46.95
69.34
47.19
47.57
66.17
91.2

50

39.64
74.62
58.9
58.53
80.99
62.91
0.96
72.13
39.15
64.3
39.97
40.28
70.68
90.19

32.5
72.02
57.19
51.74
79.68
55.59
0.91
63.14
32.21
57.64
33.01
33.13
70.77
87.46

60
25.99
64.45
50.78
43.06
74.12
46.17
0.84
39.24
25.94
47.72
26
25.77
66.14
82.27

70

80
20.39
51.27
41.11
35.02
61.7
36.88
0.84
17.68
20.43
37.39
20.39
20.67
55.14
71.65

90
15.78
37.13
32.01
28.28
42.57
28.7
0.66
7.15
16.22
28.75
15.85
15.91
42.62
54.13

12.35
26.19
25.53
22.09
24.13
22.24
0.61
2.61
12.31
22.46
12.17
12.59
33.38
37.12

05% NOISE RATIO

20% NOISE RATIO

RESTORED IMAGE OF 05% NOISE
RATIO RMAE= 93.02

RESTORED IMAGE OF 20% NOISE
RATIO R MAE= 89.02

50% NOISE RATIO

65% NOISE RATIO

ORIGINAL IMAGE -1 (280X280)

35% NOISE RATIO

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RESTORED IMAGE OF 35% NOISE
RATIO RMAE= 86.76

RESTORED IMAGE OF 50% NOISE
RATIO RMAE= 83.58

RESTORED IMAGE OF 65% NOISE
RATIO RMAE= 75.24

Figure 2. Restoration Results Of Images-1upto 65% Of Noise Ratio

10% NOISE RATIO

25% NOISE RATIO

ORIGINAL IMAGE-2 (290X290)

RESTORED IMAGE OF10% NOISE RATIO RESTORED IMAGE OF 25% NOISE RATIO
RMAE= 99.27
RMAE= 98.58

40% NOISE RATIO

55% NOISE RATIO

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70% NOISE RATIO
RESTORED IMAGE OF40% NOISE RATIO RESTORED IMAGE OF 55% NOISE RATIO RESTORED IMAGE OF70% NOISE RATIO
RMAE= 97.57
RMAE= 95.74
RMAE= 89.59
Figure 3. Restoration Results Of Images-2 Upto 70% Of Noise Ratio

ORIGINAL IMAGE-3 (260X260)

PARVIN

AMF

PSMF

TSMF

AFSF

18
NIND

AEAFRIN

DBA

IAMF

RSBA

DBAF

MDBF

DPAF

UDF

Figure 4.Results Of Filters For Image-3 (260x260) With 30% Rvin

ORIGINAL IMAGE-4 (300X300)

PARVIN

AMF

PSMF

TSMF

AFSF

19
NIND

AEAFRIN

DBA

IAMF

RSBA

DBAF

DPAF

UDF

MDBF

Figure 5.Results Of Filters For Image-4 (300x300) With 70% Rvin

Figure 6. Rmae For The Image-3(260x260) With Rvin

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Figure7. Rmae For The Image-4 (300x300) With Rvin

V. CONCLUSIONS
In this paper, an efficient iterative method to remove random valued impulse noise from gray scale image is
proposed. Each iteration of the method significantly increases the quality of input image and the proposed
algorithm controls the flow of noise signal apart from producing consistent and very high quality output.
Experimental results show that efficiency of the algorithm is very high compared to other popular algorithms
reported in the literature. Further, the proposed algorithm works well in both the low and the high noise ratio
up to 70%. This algorithm is a promising solution for RVIN reduction as it maintains consistency in
performance. Study of the suitability and performance of the proposed algorithm for other types of noise and
images is part of our future work.
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An Iterative Solution for Random Valued Impulse Noise Reduction

  • 1. Int. J. on Recent Trends in Engineering and Technology, Vol. 10, No. 1, Jan 2014 An Iterative Solution for Random Valued Impulse Noise Reduction Manohar Koli1 and S.Balaji2 1 Dept. of Computer Science, Tumkur University, Tumkur-572103, Karnataka, India Email: makresearch2012@gmail.com 2 Dept. of CSE, City Engineering College, Bangalore-560061, Karnataka, India Email: drsbalaji@gmail.com Abstract— In this paper, an iterative solution for high density random valued impulse noise reduction of gray scale images is proposed. The algorithm, which works in an iterative fashion, is designed by considering the different parameters that influence the effect of noise reduction. Each iteration significantly increases the performance of the proposed algorithm. Restored Mean Absolute Error (RMAE) is used to measure and compare the performance of the algorithm. The algorithm is compared with several non-linear algorithms reported in the literature. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm produces better results compared to the existing algorithms. Index Terms— Impulse Noise, Restoration, Image Enhancement, Image De-Noising, Adaptive Filters I. INTRODUCTION Impulse noise is one which may corrupt the images during their acquisition, transmission or storage. Several algorithms have been proposed to remove impulse noise in the images. Random Valued Impulse Noise (RVIN) assumes a noise value between the minimum value 0 and the maximum value 255 of noise, as shown in equation (1). 0 255 = (1) Many value estimation techniques for corrupted pixels have been reported in literature [1]. Mean and median filters are the most popularly used techniques. In the mean filter an average value of the neighboring pixels of a scanning window is used as an estimated value of test pixel whereas in the median filter neighboring pixel values are sorted in order and then the median value is used as the test pixel value. Mean filter is effective in minimizing the mean square error value of estimation. Median filter algorithm produces good visibility in restored image. Several improved versions of mean and median algorithms have been proposed by adding new features like weight and trimming to the existing algorithms [2]. In non-linear filters conditions are used for separating or identifying noisy pixels from uncorrupted pixels and only corrupted pixels are restored. Some of the popular approaches are: (i) global and local thresholds calculation for separation of noisy pixels from uncorrupted pixels, (ii) adaptive median value calculation for accurate restoration or replacement value calculation, (iii) weight based restoration for combining or considering the effect of more than one affecting features of noise replacement, (iv) progressive or iterative replacement to improve the accuracy of algorithm by repetitive identification and replacement of noisy pixels, (v) two or multi-phase algorithms wherein distinct unrelated stages are used to avoid propagation of noise signal by calculating exactly corrupted and DOI: 01.IJRTET.10.1.10 © Association of Computer Electronics and Electrical Engineers, 2014
  • 2. uncorrupted pixels and considering only the uncorrupted pixels for restoration value calculation, (vi) switching techniques to combine more than one existing filters to use different efficient filters in different noisy conditions since no single filter best fits for all noise levels. Some algorithms are good for low noise ratio. Soft computing techniques such as fuzzy, neural, edge preserving and decision based techniques are also reported for enhancement of efficiency of algorithms and also produce the good visibility. In literature, it is observed that only few algorithms are proposed to handle RVIN. Our main aim is to provide a better solution to RVIN than the available algorithms in literature. Hence, our Proposed Random Valued Impulse Noise Algorithm (PARVIN) is compared with Adaptive Median Filters (AMF) [3], Progressive Switching Median Filter (PSMF) [4], Tri-State Median Filter (TSMF) [5], Adaptive Fuzzy Switching Filter (AFSF) [6], a New Impulse Detector Based on Order Statistics Filter (NIND) [7], An Efficient Algorithm for the Removal of Impulse Noise from Corrupted Images (AEAFRIN) [8], a New Fast and Efficient DecisionBased Algorithm(DBA) [9], An Improved Adaptive Median Filter (IAMF) [10], Robust Statistics Based Algorithm (RSBA) [11], Decision Based Adaptive Median Filter (DBAF) [12], Image Restoration in Nonlinear Filtering Domain Using MDB Approach (MDBF) [13], Detail Preserving Adaptive Filter (DPAF) [14] and A Universal Denoising Framework (UDF) [15]. II. METHODOLOGY Our algorithm is designed considering the fact that linear noise removing algorithms work well in removing the impulse noise. But, since the efficiency of the algorithm decreases and also blurs the images, the algorithm is applied linearly to all pixels including the non-noisy ones. Hence, while applying the linear filter we identify the corrupted pixels and we apply the filter only for the corrupted pixels. In our algorithm, output of the linear filter and the mean threshold are used for identifying the corrupted noisy pixels. The order in which we replace the noisy pixels also plays an important role in noise suppression. To improve the efficiency of the algorithm, corrupted pixels are replaced in the order of highly corrupted to less corrupted pixels. This way we are able to control the propagation of the noise signal. Our method has three steps (algorithms Alg-1, Alg-2 and Alg-3). Complete block diagram of the proposed system is shown in figure (1). Algorithm Alg-1 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Read corrupted image and detected binary noise image . Calculate size of input image [ , ] = ( ) and initialize new restored image = ; Calculate value of = ( ( )/( ) 10) + 1. Initialize variable = 0. Repeat steps 5 through 9 while <= else go to step 10. Increment = + 1; Scan input image using 3x3 window using the variables i and j where i indicates the row number and j indicates the column number such that the centre pixel of window (3, 3) overlaps the test pixel ( , ). 8. Sort all nine scanned pixels of window in ascending order a1 to a9. 9. If test pixel ( , ) is less than or equal to ( ) or greater than or equal to (10 ) then replace pixel ( , ) with (5). 10. Copy restored image to , ( = ). In step one corrupted pixels are identified by comparing the output of the linear restoration filter proposed in Alg-1 and the original image. Mean threshold is used to generate binary noise image where the pixel value one indicates corrupted pixel and zero indicates non-corrupted pixel. In step two, the corrupted image is restored with the help of the noisy pixels present in . Alg-2 is used for initial restoration of the noisy pixels. Once initial noise suppression is completed Alg-3 is used for complete restoration of the corrupted image. Algorithm Alg-2 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Read corrupted image . Calculate size of input image [ , ] = ( ) and initialize new restored image = ; Initialize binary noise image = ( , ) and variable = 0. Repeat steps 4 to 8 while <= 4 else go to step 9. Increment = + 1; Scan the input image using 3x3 window using variables i and j where i indicates the row number and j indicates the column number such that the centre pixel of window (3, 3) overlaps the test pixel ( , ). 13
  • 3. Noise Detection Noise Reduction Figure1. Block Diagram of Proposed System 7. If corresponding pixel of test pixel in image is 1 then select window pixels where corresponding value of pixel in is 0. 8. If the numbers of selected pixels are more than 2 then ( , ) value is replaced by median value of selected pixels else increase the window size and repeat steps 7 and 8. 9. Calculate difference of and , and store in . 10. Calculate mean of . Convert to binary noise image using threshold . Pixels having intensity value more than threshold value are considered as 1 else 0. Algorithm Alg-3 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Read corrupted images . Calculate size of the input image [ , ] = ( ) and initialize new restored image = ; Calculate value of = ( ( )/( ) 10) + 1. Initialize variable = 0. Repeat steps 5 to 9 while <= else go to step 10. Increment = + 1; Scan the input image using 3x3 window using variables i and j where i indicates the row number and j indicates the column number such that centre pixel of window (3, 3) overlaps the test pixel ( , ). 8. Sort all nine scanned pixels of window in ascending order 1 to 9. 9. If test pixel ( , ) is less than equal to ( ) or greater than equal to (10 ) then replace pixel ( , ) with (5). 10. Display restored image . III. PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS To evaluate performance of our proposed algorithm, four different natural images (IMAGE-1, IMAGE-2, IMAGE-3, IMAGE-4) are used. The performance is measured using RMAE. Figure 2 and Figure 3 show 14
  • 4. restoration results of our algorithm for the images IMAGE-1 and IMAGE-2 for different amounts of noise ratio. Visibility of output of 70% noisy image clearly shows that the efficiency of our algorithm is very high. Figure 4 and Figure 5 show restoration results of different filters. The visibility of the outputs clearly shows that efficiency of our algorithm is high compared to other algorithms. Calculated RMAE for image IMAGE-3 and IMAGE- 4 are shown in Table 1 and Table 2. Compared to other popular algorithms RMAE value of our algorithm is very high. Graphical analyses of results are shown in Figure 6 and Figure 7. ( =1 ( = Where X R MXN MAE RMAE - ) (2) ) (3) ( × ) Original Image. Restored Image. Size Of Image. Mean Absolute Error. Restored Mean Absolute Error. IV. SIMULATION AND RESULTS To evaluate performance of our proposed algorithm, four different natural images (IMAGE-1, IMAGE-2, IMAGE-3, IMAGE-4) are used. The performance is measured using RMAE. Figure 2 and Figure 3 show restoration results of our algorithm for the images IMAGE-1 and IMAGE-2 for different amounts of noise ratio. Visibility of output of 70% noisy image clearly shows that the efficiency of our algorithm is very high. Figure 4 and Figure 5 show restoration results of different filters. The visibility of the outputs clearly shows that efficiency of our algorithm is high compared to other algorithms. Calculated RMAE for image IMAGE-3 and IMAGE- 4 are shown in Table 1 and Table 2. Compared to other popular algorithms RMAE value of our algorithm is very high. Graphical analyses of results are shown in Figure 6 and Figure 7. TABLE I. R MAE VALUES OF FILTERS FOR R VIN IMAGE-3(230X230) NOISE RATIO FILTERS AMF PSMF TSMF AFSF NIND AEAFRIN DBA IAMF RSBA DBAF MDBF DPAF UDF PARVIN 10 20 17.22 -75.76 -197.5 -73.79 -13.52 -70.85 -2.62 -47.46 17.3 -62.19 17.03 16.83 -133.8 80.18 30 33.34 5.99 -52.89 2.06 31.43 -0.39 -0.58 17.77 34.09 7.17 33.44 32.64 -25.76 78.71 40 34.59 30.5 -6.38 24.1 45.1 24.09 -0.05 34.71 34.36 27.66 34.36 33.3 8.7 75.57 32.24 41.49 18.07 33.44 51.3 33.99 0.14 42.2 32.51 36.13 32.24 32.29 25.76 73.91 15 50 28.38 46.41 29.46 36.78 52.89 37.7 0.45 41.71 29.15 38.6 29.2 29.24 34.77 70.23 60 25.65 47.55 34.91 36.9 49.71 37.02 0.42 33.41 25.64 38.02 25.55 25.42 37.55 66.97 70 80 22.21 44.26 36.9 35.26 43.8 35.26 0.56 17.66 22.11 35.95 22.35 22.16 39.03 61.92 90 19.23 39.47 36.11 32.58 35.44 33.06 0.71 7.68 18.95 32.99 19.22 19.34 36.76 55.17 16.46 33.94 34.55 29.6 25.68 29.61 0.57 3.6 15.86 29.38 16.91 16.63 34.31 44.2
  • 5. TABLE II. R MAE VALUES OF FILTERS FOR R VIN IMAGE-4 (300X300) NOISE RATIO FILTERS AMF PSMF TSMF AFSF NIND AEAFRIN DBA IAMF RSBA DBAF MDBF DPAF UDF PARVIN 10 20 57.52 48.87 -35.2 40.17 60.54 41.81 0.6 52.97 56.51 49.28 57.4 57.78 18.25 93.6 30 53.27 67.78 29.84 60.35 74.53 61.93 1.05 68.36 53.3 66.98 55.14 54.49 54.53 92.9 40 46.73 73.11 51.83 62.68 79.58 65.64 1 71.2 46.95 69.34 47.19 47.57 66.17 91.2 50 39.64 74.62 58.9 58.53 80.99 62.91 0.96 72.13 39.15 64.3 39.97 40.28 70.68 90.19 32.5 72.02 57.19 51.74 79.68 55.59 0.91 63.14 32.21 57.64 33.01 33.13 70.77 87.46 60 25.99 64.45 50.78 43.06 74.12 46.17 0.84 39.24 25.94 47.72 26 25.77 66.14 82.27 70 80 20.39 51.27 41.11 35.02 61.7 36.88 0.84 17.68 20.43 37.39 20.39 20.67 55.14 71.65 90 15.78 37.13 32.01 28.28 42.57 28.7 0.66 7.15 16.22 28.75 15.85 15.91 42.62 54.13 12.35 26.19 25.53 22.09 24.13 22.24 0.61 2.61 12.31 22.46 12.17 12.59 33.38 37.12 05% NOISE RATIO 20% NOISE RATIO RESTORED IMAGE OF 05% NOISE RATIO RMAE= 93.02 RESTORED IMAGE OF 20% NOISE RATIO R MAE= 89.02 50% NOISE RATIO 65% NOISE RATIO ORIGINAL IMAGE -1 (280X280) 35% NOISE RATIO 16
  • 6. RESTORED IMAGE OF 35% NOISE RATIO RMAE= 86.76 RESTORED IMAGE OF 50% NOISE RATIO RMAE= 83.58 RESTORED IMAGE OF 65% NOISE RATIO RMAE= 75.24 Figure 2. Restoration Results Of Images-1upto 65% Of Noise Ratio 10% NOISE RATIO 25% NOISE RATIO ORIGINAL IMAGE-2 (290X290) RESTORED IMAGE OF10% NOISE RATIO RESTORED IMAGE OF 25% NOISE RATIO RMAE= 99.27 RMAE= 98.58 40% NOISE RATIO 55% NOISE RATIO 17 70% NOISE RATIO
  • 7. RESTORED IMAGE OF40% NOISE RATIO RESTORED IMAGE OF 55% NOISE RATIO RESTORED IMAGE OF70% NOISE RATIO RMAE= 97.57 RMAE= 95.74 RMAE= 89.59 Figure 3. Restoration Results Of Images-2 Upto 70% Of Noise Ratio ORIGINAL IMAGE-3 (260X260) PARVIN AMF PSMF TSMF AFSF 18
  • 8. NIND AEAFRIN DBA IAMF RSBA DBAF MDBF DPAF UDF Figure 4.Results Of Filters For Image-3 (260x260) With 30% Rvin ORIGINAL IMAGE-4 (300X300) PARVIN AMF PSMF TSMF AFSF 19
  • 9. NIND AEAFRIN DBA IAMF RSBA DBAF DPAF UDF MDBF Figure 5.Results Of Filters For Image-4 (300x300) With 70% Rvin Figure 6. Rmae For The Image-3(260x260) With Rvin 20
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