THERMAL SCIENCE
International Scientific Journal
TWO STAGES NON-LOCAL MEANS ALGORITHM BASED ON WAVELET TRANSFORM
ABSTRACT
This paper presents an innovative wavelet transform-based two-stage non-local means algorithm that offers a new approach to image de-noising. It first decomposes the noisy image into four sub-images with different frequencies, which provides a more detailed analysis. Then, it fuses three high frequency sub-images into one high frequency sub-image, which enhances the image quality. The low-frequency sub-image and the fused high frequency sub-image are de-noised using the non-local means algorithm, which is a highly effective and robust de-noising technique. Furthermore, the de-noised low-frequency sub-image and the high frequency sub-image are merged to form the initial de-noised image. Finally, the initial de-noised image is de-noised again using the non-local means algorithm to produce the final de-noised image. The proposed algorithm is able to effectively remove noise while preserving edges and details.
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PAPER SUBMITTED: 2024-05-08
PAPER REVISED: 2024-07-07
PAPER ACCEPTED: 2024-07-07
PUBLISHED ONLINE: 2025-07-06
THERMAL SCIENCE YEAR
2025, VOLUME
29, ISSUE
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