arXiv Computer Vision
Oct 21

PixelSR: Pixel-Space Orthogonal Flow Decoupling for Real-World Image Super-Resolution

PixelSR introduces a single‑stage Pixel Diffusion Transformer that operates directly in pixel space for real‑world image super‑resolution. It combines Pixel‑Space Conditional Diffusion—integrating low‑resolution conditioning, semantic guidance, and texture refinement—to avoid VAE compression, with Orthogonal Flow Decoupling that separates a low‑rank semantic component from a noise‑free texture component for specialized optimization. The approach yields perceptually realistic details while preserving structural fidelity, as shown by competitive results on multiple benchmarks.

By Xiang Lv, Kai Zhao, Qiang Wang, Qiao Mo, Chao Zhou, Mingwen Shao