ARITM: A Perceptual Quality Magnification of Noise Suppressed Digital Images using Adaptive Recursion and Image Transformation Model
K. Kannan, G. Divya, L. Chithra, V. S. Aruna, V. Mohanavel · 2023
In the realm of digital image processing and enhancement, the relentless pursuit of achieving higher perceptual quality in noise-suppressed images has remained a compelling challenge. This abstract presents a novel approach that leverages the synergy between adaptive recursion and a sophisticated image transformation model to magnify the perceptual quality of noise-suppressed digital images. The proliferation of digital imagery in various applications, from medical diagnostics to multimedia content, necessitates the development of advanced techniques to preserve and enhance image fidelity. While noise suppression techniques have made significant strides in reducing unwanted artifacts, they often introduce trade-offs between noise reduction and preservation of image details. Our proposed method begins by employing adaptive recursion, where the image is divided into local regions, each analyzed independently for noise characteristics and visual features. Adaptive recursion ensures that noise reduction is applied selectively, preserving important image details, even in challenging scenarios. The synergy between adaptive recursion and the image transformation model is a key highlight of our approach. By iteratively applying the transformation model within each local region, we adaptively enhance image features that contribute to perceptual quality, such as sharpness, contrast, and color fidelity. This adaptive enhancement process ensures that image details are magnified while suppressing noise artifacts, ultimately resulting in images of superior perceptual quality. Our experimental results, conducted on diverse datasets with various levels of noise, demonstrate significant improvements in perceptual quality compared to state-of-the-art methods. Additionally, we evaluate the computational efficiency of our approach, highlighting its feasibility for real-time and high-throughput image enhancement applications.