{%hackmd SybccZ6XD %} ###### tags: `paper` # A non-local algorithm for image denoising (NL-means) Goal > Denoising algorithms > Recover the original image from a noisy measurement Algorithm > W: similarity between two pixels i and j depends on the similarity of the intensity gray level vectors > ![](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/BJsyp1tE3.png) > ![](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/B10X6yKEn.png) > normalizing constant > ![](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/SJCEpJtE3.png) Note > The NL-means not only compares the grey level in a single point but the the geometrical configuration **in a whole neighborhood** > 也就是說可以去找相似的texture