Total Variation-Based Image Noise Reduction With Generalized Fidelity Function

摘要

In this letter, we analyze the relationship between the change in the intensity value and the scale of an image feature, when a generalized function is used as the fidelity term in the total variation-based noise removal scheme. Based on the analysis, we propose a designing method of the fidelity function that results in any desired monotonic relationship between the intensity change and the scale. As an example, we designed a fidelity function that results in a larger contrast between the intensity change of a small scaled feature and that of a large scaled one than the original total variation-based noise removal scheme that uses the $L_{2}$ norm as the fidelity function.