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Unrolled Variational Bayesian Algorithm for Image Blind Deconvolution

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2021-10-15 v1 Artificial Intelligence Optimization and Control

Abstract

In this paper, we introduce a variational Bayesian algorithm (VBA) for image blind deconvolution. Our generic framework incorporates smoothness priors on the unknown blur/image and possible affine constraints (e.g., sum to one) on the blur kernel. One of our main contributions is the integration of VBA within a neural network paradigm, following an unrolling methodology. The proposed architecture is trained in a supervised fashion, which allows us to optimally set two key hyperparameters of the VBA model and lead to further improvements in terms of resulting visual quality. Various experiments involving grayscale/color images and diverse kernel shapes, are performed. The numerical examples illustrate the high performance of our approach when compared to state-of-the-art techniques based on optimization, Bayesian estimation, or deep learning.

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@article{arxiv.2110.07202,
  title  = {Unrolled Variational Bayesian Algorithm for Image Blind Deconvolution},
  author = {Yunshi Huang and Emilie Chouzenoux and Jean-Christophe Pesquet},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2110.07202},
  year   = {2021}
}

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13 pages