A new Lattice Boltzmann method for a Gray–Scott based model applied to image restoration and contrast enhancement

The aim of this work is to propose a new numerical approach to image restoration and contrast enhancement based on a reaction-diffusion model (Gray–Scott model).  For noise removal, a Lattice Boltzmann technique is used.  This method is usually used in fluid dynamics experiments.  Since pixels motion can be compared to fluids motion, the presented technique also indicates a good performance in processing noisy images.  The efficiency and performance of the proposed algorithm are verified by several numerical experiments.

image restoration
Lattice Boltzmann method
Gray–Scott model
reaction–diffusion
contrast enhancement
D2Q9 scheme
D2Q5 scheme
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