arXiv Computer Vision

Mapping-Based Image Diffusion

The paper introduces a tensor‑based functional for targeted image enhancement and denoising, incorporating application‑dependent and contextual information through explicit regularization. It establishes existence of a minimizer and discusses tensor symmetry constraints, convexity, and geometric interpretation. The framework demonstrates strong performance in nonlinear scenarios like gamma correction and targeted value‑range filtering, achieving results comparable to state‑of‑the‑art PDE‑based methods.

arXiv Computer Vision
Aug 25

Targeted Iterative Filtering

The paper introduces a novel nonlinear diffusion scheme for image denoising, derived from a linear diffusion process applied in a value space tailored to specific application domains such as image compression, still-image acquisition, and medical imaging. It argues that this application-driven linear diffusion in the transformed space outperforms existing nonlinear diffusion techniques.

By Freddie {\AA}str\"om, Michael Felsberg, George Baravdish, Claes Lundstr\"om
arXiv Machine Learning
1d ago

Convergent Plug-and-Play Image Restoration with Annealed Noise Levels

The paper presents convergence guarantees for Plug-and-Play (PnP) image restoration algorithms that use annealed noise levels, covering both deterministic and stochastic methods. It identifies explicit nonconvex objectives linked to the final denoising level and proves that iterates become asymptotically stationary with respect to these objectives, without requiring a specific noise decay schedule. The authors validate their theory experimentally on tasks such as inpainting, super‑resolution, demosaicing, and tomography.

By Samuel Hurault