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Comparing IBWOA with other algorithms like Harris Hawks Optimization (HHO), Linear Success-History based Adaptive Differential Evolution (LSHADE), and the whale optimization algorithm (WOA), sine cosine algorithm (SCA), and black widow optimization (BWO) using otsu and Kapur's entropy method. Results show IBWOA delivers superior performance in both qualitative and quantitative analyses including visual inspection and metrics such as fitness value, threshold values, peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR), structural similarity index measure (SSIM), and feature similarity index (FSIM). 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