Nonlocal Markovian models for image denoising

7 January 2016 Nonlocal Markovian models for image denoising

Denis H. P. Salvadeo, Nelson D. A. Mascarenhas, Alexandre L. M. Levada

Journal of Electronic Imaging, Vol. 25, Issue 1, 013003 (January 2016). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JEI.25.1.013003

Abstract

Currently, the state-of-the art methods for image denoising are patch-based approaches. Redundant information present in nonlocal regions (patches) of the image is considered for better image modeling, resulting in an improved quality of filtering. In this respect, nonlocal Markov random field (MRF) models are proposed by redefining the energy functions of classical MRF models to adopt a nonlocal approach. With the new energy functions, the pairwise pixel interaction is weighted according to the similarities between the patches corresponding to each pair. Also, a maximum pseudolikelihood estimation of the spatial dependency parameter (β) for these models is presented here. For evaluating this proposal, these models are used as an a priori model in a maximum a posteriori estimation to denoise additive white Gaussian noise in images. Finally, results display a notable improvement in both quantitative and qualitative terms in comparison with the local MRFs.

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Denis H. P. Salvadeo, Nelson D. A. Mascarenhas, and Alexandre L. M. Levada "Nonlocal Markovian models for image denoising," Journal of Electronic Imaging 25(1), 013003 (7 January 2016). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JEI.25.1.013003

Published: 7 January 2016

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