FRESH – FRI-based single-image super-resolution algorithm
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Published version
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Author(s)
Dragotti, P
Wei, X
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
In this paper, we consider the problem of single image super-resolution and propose a novel algorithm that outperforms state-of-the-art methods without the need of learning patches pairs from external data sets. We achieve this by modeling images and, more precisely, lines of images as piecewise smooth functions and propose a resolution enhancement method for this type of functions. The method makes use of the theory of sampling signals with finite rate of innovation (FRI) and combines it with traditional linear reconstruction methods. We combine the two reconstructions by leveraging from the multi-resolution analysis in wavelet theory and show how an FRI reconstruction and a linear reconstruction can be fused using filter banks. We then apply this method along vertical, horizontal, and diagonal directions in an image to obtain a single-image super-resolution algorithm. We also propose a further improvement of the method based on learning from the errors of our super-resolution result at lower resolution levels. Simulation results show that our method outperforms state-of-the-art algorithms under different blurring kernels.
Date Issued
2016-08-01
Date Acceptance
2016-04-23
Citation
IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 2016, 25 (8), pp.3723-3735
ISSN
1057-7149
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Start Page
3723
End Page
3735
Journal / Book Title
IEEE Transactions on Image Processing
Volume
25
Issue
8
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Sponsor
Commission of the European Communities
Identifier
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7465789
Grant Number
277800
Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Computer Science
Engineering
Super-resolution
resolution enhancement
wavelet theory
sampling
finite rate of innovation (FRI)
FINITE RATE
INTERPOLATION
INNOVATION
SIGNALS
Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing
0801 Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing
0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering
1702 Cognitive Sciences
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2016-05-05