“…The algorithms used in this paper are derived from the references cited in the square brackets below. The existing algorithms used for the comparison are standard median filter of window size 3 (SMF (3 × 3) [30], adaptive median filter (AMF) (W max = 39) [6], center-weighted median filter (CWF) [7], progressive switched median filter (PSMF) [10], modified decision based median filter (MDBMF) [16], alpha-trimmed mean filter (ATMF) (trimming factor is 4) [30], decision based algorithm (DBA) [13], cascaded filters (CUTMF, CUDBMPF) [15], IDBA [14] MDBMF [16] CUDMPF [15] MDBUTMF [17] MDBUMF-GM [18] ACBSA [20] AWMF [23] DBIDWIF modified decision based unsymmetric trimmed median filter (MDBUTMF) [17], improved decision based median filter (IDBA) [14], noise adaptive fuzzy switching median (NAFSM) [31], modified decision based unsymmetrical trimmed median filter with global mean MDBUTMF-GM [18], adaptive cardinal B-spline algorithm (ACBSA) [20], and adaptive weighted mean filter (AWMF) (W max = 39) [30]. All the algorithms used in the paper were tested on Kodak natural image database hosted in University of Southern California and Signal and Image Processing Institute website [32].…”