arXiv AI

A Posterior-Dynamics Framework for Imaging Inverse Problems with Pretrained Diffusion Priors

The paper introduces a Posterior‑Dynamics Framework that leverages pretrained diffusion models as multiscale priors for linear imaging inverse problems such as deblurring, super‑resolution, and inpainting. By constructing a surrogate likelihood centered on the clean image and incorporating diffusion uncertainty, the authors derive continuous posterior dynamics and a tunable Langevin component for adaptive exploration. They prove theoretical guarantees (endpoint consistency, finite‑horizon tracking, weak accuracy) and present the PD‑IMEX sampler, which achieves high‑quality reconstructions with only 100 score evaluations and controllable fidelity‑diversity trade‑offs.

arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 4

Plug-and-Play Diffusion Meets ADMM: Dual-Variable Coupling for Robust Medical Image Reconstruction

arXiv:2602. 23214v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Plug-and-Play diffusion prior (PnPDP) frameworks have emerged as a powerful paradigm for solving imaging inverse problems by treating pretrained generative models as modular priors.

By Chenhe Du, Xuanyu Tian, Qing Wu, Muyu Liu, Jingyi Yu, Hongjiang Wei, Yuyao Zhang
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 1

Generative Translation Priors: Bayesian Imaging with Cross-Modality Image Translation

Generative Translation Priors (GTP) is a Bayesian framework that repurposes diffusion-based image-to-image translation models as cross-modality priors for ill‑posed imaging inverse problems. It incorporates target‑domain measurements via likelihood guidance, steering the translation toward the desired posterior distribution. The authors analyze the resulting posterior dynamics, identify an intrinsic bias from likelihood guidance, and propose a ground‑truth‑free metric to estimate this bias, leading to two discretized GTP algorithms that demonstrate high‑fidelity reconstruction in CT and PET imaging using complementary side information.

By Evan Bell, Jiaming Liu, Yifan Chen, Yu Sun