Max Denoise ((free)) -

if denoised.ndim == 2: coeffs = list(coeffs) coeffs[1:] = threshold_coeffs(coeffs[1:], threshold) denoised = pywt.waverec2(coeffs, wavelet) else: coeffs = list(coeffs) coeffs[1:] = threshold_coeffs(coeffs[1:], threshold) denoised = pywt.waverec(coeffs, wavelet)

# Apply maximal denoising denoised = max_denoise(noisy, sigma=0.2, h=1.5)

Returns: - denoised: maximally denoised image """ # Ensure float in [0,1] range if image.max() > 1.0: image = image.astype(np.float32) / 255.0 else: image = image.astype(np.float32) max denoise

# 2. Wavelet hard thresholding (removes residual high-frequency noise) coeffs = pywt.wavedec2(denoised, wavelet, level=4) if denoised.ndim == 2 else \ pywt.wavedec(denoised, wavelet, level=4)

# 1. Strong Non-Local Means (preserves edges while smoothing flat regions) denoised = denoise_nl_means(image, h=h, sigma=sigma, fast_mode=True, patch_size=7, patch_distance=11, multichannel=(image.ndim==3)) if denoised

# 3. Strong Bilateral filter (smooths while keeping edges) denoised = denoise_bilateral(denoised, sigma_color=0.3, sigma_spatial=5, multichannel=(image.ndim==3))

import numpy as np import cv2 import pywt from skimage.restoration import denoise_nl_means, denoise_bilateral from skimage.util import random_noise def max_denoise(image, sigma=0.1, h=1.15, wavelet='db8'): """ Apply maximum-strength denoising using a cascade of methods. 3).astype(np.float32) / 255.0

# 4. Median filter (removes any remaining salt-and-pepper noise) denoised = cv2.medianBlur((denoised * 255).astype(np.uint8), 3).astype(np.float32) / 255.0