diff --git a/095_what_is_convolution.py b/095_what_is_convolution.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+__author__ = "Sreenivas Bhattiprolu"
+__license__ = "Feel free to copy, I appreciate if you acknowledge Python for Microscopists"
+
+# https://youtu.be/1GUgD2SBl9A
+
+"""
+Spyder Editor
+
+scipy.signal.convolve2d - https://docs.scipy.org/doc/scipy/reference/generated/scipy.signal.convolve2d.html
+scipy.ndimage.filters.convolve
+cv2.filter2D - https://docs.opencv.org/2.4/modules/imgproc/doc/filtering.html?highlight=filter2d#filter2d
+
+"""
+import cv2
+import numpy as np
+from scipy.signal import convolve2d
+from scipy.ndimage.filters import convolve
+from skimage import io, img_as_float
+
+
+img_gaussian_noise = img_as_float(io.imread('images/BSE_25sigma_noisy.jpg', as_gray=True))
+img_salt_pepper_noise = img_as_float(io.imread('images/BSE_salt_pepper.jpg', as_gray=True))
+
+img = img_salt_pepper_noise
+
+#convolving the image with a normalized box filter. 
+#It simply takes the average of all the pixels under kernel area 
+#and replaces the central element with this average. 
+#Can also use cv2.blur() to directly apply the convolution rather than defining 
+#kernel and applying it as a filter (or convolution) separately. 
+kernel = np.ones((5,5),np.float32)/25    #Averaging filter with 5x5 kernel
+#Normalize by dividing with 25 so all numbers add to 1
+gaussian_kernel = np.array([[1/16, 1/8, 1/16],   #3x3 kernel
+                [1/8, 1/4, 1/8],
+                [1/16, 1/8, 1/16]])
+
+laplacian = np.array([[0.,1,0], [1,-4,1], [0,1,0]])
+gabor = cv2.getGaborKernel((5, 5), 1.4, 45, 5, 1)
+
+"""
+Results from all approaches would be the same..
+Remember that if the padding (border) is not done then the output image
+and values would be different
+
+"""
+
+conv_using_cv2 = cv2.filter2D(img, -1, kernel, borderType=cv2.BORDER_CONSTANT) 
+# when ddepth=-1, the output image will have the same depth as the source
+#example, if input is float64 then output will also be float64
+# BORDER_CONSTANT - Pad the image with a constant value (i.e. black or 0)
+#BORDER_REPLICATE: The row or column at the very edge of the original is replicated to the extra border.
+
+conv_using_scipy = convolve2d(img, kernel, mode='same')
+#mode ="same" - pads image so the output is same as input
+
+conv_using_scipy2 = convolve(img, kernel, mode='constant', cval=0.0)
+#mode=constant adds a constant value at the borders. 
+
+
+cv2.imshow("Original", img)
+cv2.imshow("cv2 filter", conv_using_cv2)
+cv2.imshow("Using scipy", conv_using_scipy)
+cv2.imshow("Using scipy2", conv_using_scipy2)
+
+cv2.waitKey(0)          
+cv2.destroyAllWindows() 
+
diff --git a/096_What is Gaussian denoising.py b/096_What is Gaussian denoising.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+__author__ = "Sreenivas Bhattiprolu"
+__license__ = "Feel free to copy, I appreciate if you acknowledge Python for Microscopists"
+
+# https://youtu.be/xCHbcVUCYBI
+
+"""
+
+cv2.filter2D - https://docs.opencv.org/2.4/modules/imgproc/doc/filtering.html?highlight=filter2d#filter2d
+cv2.GaussianBlur - https://www.tutorialkart.com/opencv/python/opencv-python-gaussian-image-smoothing/
+skimage.filters.gaussian - https://scikit-image.org/docs/dev/api/skimage.filters.html#skimage.filters.gaussian
+"""
+import cv2
+import numpy as np
+from skimage import io, img_as_float
+from skimage.filters import gaussian
+
+img_gaussian_noise = img_as_float(io.imread('images/BSE_25sigma_noisy.jpg', as_gray=True))
+img_salt_pepper_noise = img_as_float(io.imread('images/BSE_salt_pepper.jpg', as_gray=True))
+
+img = img_gaussian_noise
+
+gaussian_kernel = np.array([[1/16, 1/8, 1/16],   #3x3 kernel
+                [1/8, 1/4, 1/8],
+                [1/16, 1/8, 1/16]])
+
+
+
+conv_using_cv2 = cv2.filter2D(img, -1, gaussian_kernel, borderType=cv2.BORDER_CONSTANT) 
+# when ddepth=-1, the output image will have the same depth as the source
+#example, if input is float64 then output will also be float64
+# BORDER_CONSTANT - Pad the image with a constant value (i.e. black or 0)
+#BORDER_REPLICATE: The row or column at the very edge of the original is replicated to the extra border.
+
+gaussian_using_cv2 = cv2.GaussianBlur(img, (3,3), 0, borderType=cv2.BORDER_CONSTANT)
+
+gaussian_using_skimage = gaussian(img, sigma=1, mode='constant', cval=0.0)
+#sigma defines the std dev of the gaussian kernel. SLightly different than 
+#how we define in cv2
+
+
+cv2.imshow("Original", img)
+cv2.imshow("cv2 filter", conv_using_cv2)
+cv2.imshow("Using cv2 gaussian", gaussian_using_cv2)
+cv2.imshow("Using skimage", gaussian_using_skimage)
+#cv2.imshow("Using scipy2", conv_using_scipy2)
+
+cv2.waitKey(0)          
+cv2.destroyAllWindows() 
+
diff --git a/097_What is Median denoising.py b/097_What is Median denoising.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+__author__ = "Sreenivas Bhattiprolu"
+__license__ = "Feel free to copy, I appreciate if you acknowledge Python for Microscopists"
+
+# https://youtu.be/StX_1iEO3ck
+
+"""
+Spyder Editor
+
+cv2.medianBlur - https://opencv-python-tutroals.readthedocs.io/en/latest/py_tutorials/py_imgproc/py_filtering/py_filtering.html
+skimage.filters.median - https://scikit-image.org/docs/dev/api/skimage.filters.html#skimage.filters.median
+
+See how median is much better at cleaning salt and pepper noise compared to Gaussian
+"""
+import cv2
+import numpy as np
+from scipy.ndimage.filters import convolve
+from skimage import io
+from skimage.filters import median
+
+#img = io.imread('images/einstein.jpg', as_gray=True)
+
+#Needs 8 bit, not float.
+img_gaussian_noise = cv2.imread('images/BSE_25sigma_noisy.jpg', 0)
+img_salt_pepper_noise = cv2.imread('images/BSE_salt_pepper.jpg', 0)
+
+img = img_salt_pepper_noise
+
+
+median_using_cv2 = cv2.medianBlur(img, 3)
+
+from skimage.morphology import disk
+median_using_skimage = median(img, disk(3), mode='constant', cval=0.0)
+
+
+cv2.imshow("Original", img)
+cv2.imshow("cv2 median", median_using_cv2)
+cv2.imshow("Using skimage median", median_using_skimage)
+
+cv2.waitKey(0)          
+cv2.destroyAllWindows() 
+
diff --git a/098_What is Bilateral denoising.py b/098_What is Bilateral denoising.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+__author__ = "Sreenivas Bhattiprolu"
+__license__ = "Feel free to copy, I appreciate if you acknowledge Python for Microscopists"
+
+# https://youtu.be/yenye2s90BA
+
+"""
+Spyder Editor
+
+cv2.cv2.bilateralFilter - https://opencv-python-tutroals.readthedocs.io/en/latest/py_tutorials/py_imgproc/py_filtering/py_filtering.html
+skimage bilateral - https://scikit-image.org/docs/dev/auto_examples/filters/plot_denoise.html
+
+https://people.csail.mit.edu/sparis/bf_course/course_notes.pdf
+
+Bilateral is slow and not very efficient at salt and pepper
+"""
+import cv2
+import numpy as np
+from scipy.ndimage.filters import convolve
+from skimage import io
+from skimage.filters import median
+
+
+img_gaussian_noise = cv2.imread('images/BSE_25sigma_noisy.jpg', 0)
+img_salt_pepper_noise = cv2.imread('images/BSE_salt_pepper.jpg', 0)
+
+img = img_salt_pepper_noise
+
+bilateral_using_cv2 = cv2.bilateralFilter(img, 5, 20, 100, borderType=cv2.BORDER_CONSTANT)
+
+#d - diameter of each pixel neighborhood used during filtering
+# sigmaCOlor - Sigma of grey/color space. 
+#sigmaSpace - Large value means farther pixels influence each other (as long as the colors are close enough)
+
+
+from skimage.restoration import denoise_bilateral
+bilateral_using_skimage = denoise_bilateral(img, sigma_color=0.05, sigma_spatial=15,
+                multichannel=False)
+
+#sigma_color = float - Sigma for grey or color value. 
+#For large sigma_color values the filter becomes closer to gaussian blur.
+#sigma_spatial: float. Standard ev. for range distance. Increasing this smooths larger features.
+
+
+
+
+cv2.imshow("Original", img)
+cv2.imshow("cv2 bilateral", bilateral_using_cv2)
+cv2.imshow("Using skimage bilateral", bilateral_using_skimage)
+
+cv2.waitKey(0)          
+cv2.destroyAllWindows() 
+
diff --git a/099_WHat is NLM.py b/099_WHat is NLM.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+__author__ = "Sreenivas Bhattiprolu"
+__license__ = "Feel free to copy, I appreciate if you acknowledge Python for Microscopists"
+
+# https://youtu.be/Va4Rwoy1v88
+
+"""
+
+https://scikit-image.org/docs/dev/auto_examples/filters/plot_nonlocal_means.html
+
+Works well for random gaussian noise but not as good for salt and pepper
+https://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~mignotte/IFT6150/Articles/Buades-NonLocal.pdf
+
+The non-local means algorithm replaces the value of a pixel by an average 
+of a selection of other pixels values: small patches centered on the other 
+pixels are compared to the patch centered on the pixel of interest, and the 
+average is performed only for pixels that have patches close to the current patch. 
+"""
+import cv2
+import numpy as np
+from skimage import io, img_as_float
+from skimage.restoration import denoise_nl_means, estimate_sigma
+
+img_gaussian_noise = img_as_float(io.imread('images/BSE_25sigma_noisy.jpg', as_gray=True))
+img_salt_pepper_noise = img_as_float(io.imread('images/BSE_salt_pepper.jpg', as_gray=True))
+
+img = img_gaussian_noise
+
+sigma_est = np.mean(estimate_sigma(img, multichannel=True))
+#sigma_est = 0.1
+
+denoise_img = denoise_nl_means(img, h=1.15 * sigma_est, fast_mode=True,
+                               patch_size=5, patch_distance=3, multichannel=False)
+
+"""
+When the fast_mode argument is False, a spatial Gaussian weighting is applied 
+to the patches when computing patch distances. When fast_mode is True a 
+faster algorithm employing uniform spatial weighting on the patches is applied.
+
+Larger h allows more smoothing between disimilar patches.
+
+"""
+
+#denoise_img_as_8byte = img_as_ubyte(denoise_img)
+
+
+
+cv2.imshow("Original", img)
+cv2.imshow("NLM Filtered", denoise_img)
+cv2.waitKey(0)          
+cv2.destroyAllWindows() 
+
diff --git a/100_What is Total Variation denoising.py b/100_What is Total Variation denoising.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+__author__ = "Sreenivas Bhattiprolu"
+__license__ = "Feel free to copy, I appreciate if you acknowledge Python for Microscopists"
+
+# https://youtu.be/G39dVoiivZk
+
+"""
+
+Works well for random gaussian noise but not as good for salt and pepper
+
+https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00437581/document
+"""
+import cv2
+import numpy as np
+from skimage import io, img_as_float
+from skimage.restoration import denoise_tv_chambolle
+from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
+
+img = img_as_float(io.imread('images/BSE_25sigma_noisy.jpg', as_gray=True))
+
+
+plt.hist(img.flat, bins=100, range=(0,1))  #.flat returns the flattened numpy array (1D)
+
+
+denoise_img = denoise_tv_chambolle(img, weight=0.1, eps=0.0002, n_iter_max=200, multichannel=False)
+
+"""
+denoise_tv_chambolle(image, weight=0.1, eps=0.0002, n_iter_max=200, multichannel=False)
+weight: The greater weight, the more denoising (at the expense of fidelity to input).
+eps: Relative difference of the value of the cost function that determines the stop criterion. 
+n_iter_max: Max number of iterations used for optimization
+
+"""
+
+
+plt.hist(denoise_img.flat, bins=100, range=(0,1))  #.flat returns the flattened numpy array (1D)
+
+
+cv2.imshow("Original", img)
+cv2.imshow("TV Filtered", denoise_img)
+cv2.waitKey(0)          
+cv2.destroyAllWindows() 
+
diff --git a/101-What is BM3D.py b/101-What is BM3D.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+__author__ = "Sreenivas Bhattiprolu"
+__license__ = "Feel free to copy, I appreciate if you acknowledge Python for Microscopists"
+
+# https://youtu.be/aJrG8IH81SY
+
+"""
+
+http://www.cs.tut.fi/~foi/papers/ICIP2019_Ymir.pdf
+
+"""
+
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+from skimage import io, img_as_float
+from skimage.metrics import peak_signal_noise_ratio
+import bm3d
+import cv2
+
+noisy_img = img_as_float(io.imread("images/BSE_25sigma_noisy.jpg", as_gray=True))
+
+BM3D_denoised_image = bm3d.bm3d(noisy_img, sigma_psd=0.2, stage_arg=bm3d.BM3DStages.HARD_THRESHOLDING)
+
+"""
+bm3d library is not well documented yet, but looking into source code....
+sigma_psd - noise standard deviation
+stage_arg: Determines whether to perform hard-thresholding or Wiener filtering.
+stage_arg = BM3DStages.HARD_THRESHOLDING or BM3DStages.ALL_STAGES (slow but powerful)
+All stages performs both hard thresholding and Wiener filtering. 
+"""
+
+cv2.imshow("Original", noisy_img)
+cv2.imshow("Denoised", BM3D_denoised_image)
+cv2.waitKey(0)
+cv2.destroyAllWindows()
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diff --git a/95_what_is_convolution.py b/95_what_is_convolution.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+__author__ = "Sreenivas Bhattiprolu"
+__license__ = "Feel free to copy, I appreciate if you acknowledge Python for Microscopists"
+
+# https://youtu.be/1GUgD2SBl9A
+
+"""
+Spyder Editor
+
+scipy.signal.convolve2d - https://docs.scipy.org/doc/scipy/reference/generated/scipy.signal.convolve2d.html
+scipy.ndimage.filters.convolve
+cv2.filter2D - https://docs.opencv.org/2.4/modules/imgproc/doc/filtering.html?highlight=filter2d#filter2d
+
+"""
+import cv2
+import numpy as np
+from scipy.signal import convolve2d
+from scipy.ndimage.filters import convolve
+from skimage import io, img_as_float
+
+
+img_gaussian_noise = img_as_float(io.imread('images/BSE_25sigma_noisy.jpg', as_gray=True))
+img_salt_pepper_noise = img_as_float(io.imread('images/BSE_salt_pepper.jpg', as_gray=True))
+
+img = img_salt_pepper_noise
+
+#convolving the image with a normalized box filter. 
+#It simply takes the average of all the pixels under kernel area 
+#and replaces the central element with this average. 
+#Can also use cv2.blur() to directly apply the convolution rather than defining 
+#kernel and applying it as a filter (or convolution) separately. 
+kernel = np.ones((5,5),np.float32)/25    #Averaging filter with 5x5 kernel
+#Normalize by dividing with 25 so all numbers add to 1
+gaussian_kernel = np.array([[1/16, 1/8, 1/16],   #3x3 kernel
+                [1/8, 1/4, 1/8],
+                [1/16, 1/8, 1/16]])
+
+laplacian = np.array([[0.,1,0], [1,-4,1], [0,1,0]])
+gabor = cv2.getGaborKernel((5, 5), 1.4, 45, 5, 1)
+
+"""
+Results from all approaches would be the same..
+Remember that if the padding (border) is not done then the output image
+and values would be different
+
+"""
+
+conv_using_cv2 = cv2.filter2D(img, -1, kernel, borderType=cv2.BORDER_CONSTANT) 
+# when ddepth=-1, the output image will have the same depth as the source
+#example, if input is float64 then output will also be float64
+# BORDER_CONSTANT - Pad the image with a constant value (i.e. black or 0)
+#BORDER_REPLICATE: The row or column at the very edge of the original is replicated to the extra border.
+
+conv_using_scipy = convolve2d(img, kernel, mode='same')
+#mode ="same" - pads image so the output is same as input
+
+conv_using_scipy2 = convolve(img, kernel, mode='constant', cval=0.0)
+#mode=constant adds a constant value at the borders. 
+
+
+cv2.imshow("Original", img)
+cv2.imshow("cv2 filter", conv_using_cv2)
+cv2.imshow("Using scipy", conv_using_scipy)
+cv2.imshow("Using scipy2", conv_using_scipy2)
+
+cv2.waitKey(0)          
+cv2.destroyAllWindows() 
+
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