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Recursive cubic spline interpolation filter approach for the removal of high density salt-and-pepper noise

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Abstract

Spline-based approach is proposed to remove very high density salt-and-pepper noise in grayscale and color images. The algorithm consists of two stages, the first stage detects whether the pixel is noisy or noise-free. The second stage removes the noisy pixel by recursive spline interpolation filter. The proposed recursive spline interpolation filter is based on the neighborhood noise-free pixels and previous noise-free output pixel; hence, it is termed as recursive spline interpolation filter. The performance of the proposed algorithm is compared with the existing algorithms like standard median filter, decision-based filter, progressive switched median filter, and modified decision-based unsymmetric trimmed median filter at very high noise density. The proposed algorithm gives better peak signal-to-noise ratio, image enhancement factor, and correlation factor results than the existing algorithms.

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  1. Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India

    T. Veerakumar

  2. Department of Instrumentation and Control Systems Engineering, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India

    S. Esakkirajan

  3. Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India

    Ila Vennila

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Veerakumar, T., Esakkirajan, S. & Vennila, I. Recursive cubic spline interpolation filter approach for the removal of high density salt-and-pepper noise. SIViP 8, 159–168 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11760-013-0517-3

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