A Fully Convolutional Approach to Denoising Structural Dynamics Data from X-Ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy
Abstract
We present a fully convolutional denoising autoencoder (FC-DAE) for denoising two-time intensity-intensity correlation functions () in X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy (XPCS). Unlike conventional denoising autoencoders that are typically restricted to fixed input sizes, the FC-DAE accepts inputs of arbitrary dimensions while preserving correlation structures across diverse dynamical regimes. The model is trained using experimentally derived data collected at NSLS-II beamlines, with data augmentation applied to expand the diversity of the dataset and reduce overfitting. The FC-DAE successfully recovers intricate dynamical features in low signal-to-noise conditions while maintaining structural fidelity. To assess reconstruction reliability, we employ quantitative metrics to evaluate structural fidelity and identify potential model-induced bias. Our results demonstrate that the FC-DAE provides robust denoising performance with high computational efficiency, enabling recovery of XPCS dynamics under photon-limited and low-dose measurement conditions.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2605.29975,
title = {A Fully Convolutional Approach to Denoising Structural Dynamics Data from X-Ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy},
author = {Nisar Nellikunnummel and Andi Barbour and Lutz Wiegart and Tatiana Konstantinova and Anthony DeGennaro},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.29975},
year = {2026}
}