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Table 3 Statistical comparison of noise level estimation on 100 images obtained from the Berkeley image database between different methods

From: Superpixel-based image noise variance estimation with local statistical assessment

 

JI96

Z&W09

MLS09

SVD13

Ours

σ a

σ e  ± std.

ε r (%)

σ e  ± std.

ε r (%)

σ e  ± std.

ε r (%)

σ e  ± std.

ε r (%)

σ e  ± std.

ε r (%)

1

5.68 ± 2.26

468.22

1.25 ± 1.61

114.72

2.51 ± 2.59

150.99

3.58 ± 3.35

302.81

1.87 ± 1.39

100.62

3

6.41 ± 2.05

113.78

2.75 ± 1.68

40.33

4.35 ± 2.67

46.09

4.40 ± 3.05

76.67

3.61 ± 1.31

32.50

5

7.59 ± 1.78

51.86

4.78 ± 1.59

22.60

6.22 ± 2.52

25.89

5.58 ± 2.76

38.80

5.42 ± 1.19

18.74

7

9.04 ± 1.55

29.14

6.62 ± 1.47

15.91

8.10 ± 2.25

17.43

6.98 ± 2.47

25.75

7.80 ± 1.49

17.37

10

11.44 ± 1.29

14.89

9.45 ± 1.37

12.55

10.91 ± 2.04

11.34

9.29 ± 2.10

18.07

10.57 ± 1.88

13.20

15

15.75 ± 1.09

6.61

14.12 ± 1.49

9.51

15.67 ± 1.62

6.66

13.49 ± 1.69

13.70

15.47 ± 1.83

8.76

20

20.20 ± 1.10

3.75

18.65 ± 1.69

8.95

20.36 ± 1.55

4.66

17.87 ± 1.43

12.01

19.71 ± 1.98

7.90

25

24.63 ± 1.28

3.25

23.04 ± 1.95

9.16

25.12 ± 1.47

3.93

22.26 ± 1.22

11.43

24.36 ± 1.92

6.15

30

29.02 ± 1.53

3.93

N/A

N/A

29.85 ± 1.47

3.46

26.78 ± 1.15

10.88

29.07 ± 1.86

5.87

35

33.30 ± 1.80

5.09

N/A

N/A

34.46 ± 1.54

3.73

31.15 ± 1.19

11.04

33.63 ± 2.24

5.49

40

37.47 ± 2.09

6.37

N/A

N/A

39.41 ± 1.52

3.22

35.65 ± 1.13

10.89

37.91 ± 3.13

6.95

\( \mathrm{Average}\kern0.5em {\overline{\boldsymbol{\varepsilon}}}_{\boldsymbol{r}} \)

64.26

 

N/A

 

25.22

 

48.37

 

20.32

  1. N/A not applicable, std. standard deviation