Iterative solvers for image denoising with diffusion models: A comparative study

In this paper we propose and compare the use of two iterative solvers using the Crank-Nicolson finite difference method, to address the task of image denoising via partial differential equations (PDEs) models such as Regularized Perona-Malik equation or C-model and Bazan model (Bilateral-filter-based model). The solvers which are considered in this paper are the Successive-over-Relaxation (SOR) and an advanced solver known as Hybrid Bi-Conjugate Gradient Stabilized (Hybrid BiCGStab) method. From numerical experiments, it is found that the Crank-Nicolson method with hybrid BiCGStab iterative solver produces better results and is more efficient than SOR and already existing, in terms of MSSIM and PSNR. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.