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The problem of minimization of the least squares functional with a smooth, lower semi-continuous, convex regularizer $J(\cdot)$ is considered to be solved. Over some compact and convex subset $\Omega$ of the Hilbert space $\mathcal{H},$ the…
The problem of minimizing the least squares functional with a Fr\'echet differentiable, lower semi-continuous, convex penalizer $J$ is considered to be solved. The penalizer maps the functions of Banach space $\mathcal{V}$ into…
We introduce a general framework for the reconstruction of periodic multivariate functions from finitely many and possibly noisy linear measurements. The reconstruction task is formulated as a penalized convex optimization problem, taking…
Total variation (TV) regularization has proven effective for a range of computer vision tasks through its preferential weighting of sharp image edges. Existing TV-based methods, however, often suffer from the over-smoothing issue and…
In the realm of signal and image denoising and reconstruction, $\ell_1$ regularization techniques have generated a great deal of attention with a multitude of variants. A key component for their success is that under certain assumptions,…
Recently, non-convex regularisation models have been introduced in order to provide a better prior for gradient distributions in real images. They are based on using concave energies $\phi$ in the total variation type functional…
In this work, we introduce a function space setting for a wide class of structural/weighted total variation (TV) regularization methods motivated by their applications in inverse problems. In particular, we consider a regularizer that is…
We propose a new constrained optimization approach to hyperspectral (HS) image restoration. Most existing methods restore a desirable HS image by solving some optimization problem, which consists of a regularization term(s) and a…
Total Variation (TV) is a popular regularization strategy that promotes piece-wise constant signals by constraining the $\ell_1$-norm of the first order derivative of the estimated signal. The resulting optimization problem is usually…
Total variation (TV) is a widely used function for regularizing imaging inverse problems that is particularly appropriate for images whose underlying structure is piecewise constant. TV regularized optimization problems are typically solved…
A fundamental concept in solving inverse problems is the use of regularizers, which yield more physical and less-oscillatory solutions. Total variation (TV) has been widely used as an edge-preserving regularizer. However, objects are often…
Over the last decade or so, reconstruction methods using $\ell_1$ regularization, often categorized as compressed sensing (CS) algorithms, have significantly improved the capabilities of high fidelity imaging in electron tomography. The…
Total variation regularization has proven to be a valuable tool in the context of optimal control of differential equations. This is particularly attributed to the observation that TV-penalties often favor piecewise constant minimizers with…
Total Variation (TV) and related extensions have been popular in image restoration due to their robust performance and wide applicability. While the original formulation is still relevant after two decades of extensive research, its…
In this paper, we consider the efficient numerical minimization of Tikhonov functionals resulting from total-variation (TV) regularization of linear inverse problems. Since the TV penalty is non-smooth, this is typically done either via…
Variational methods have become an important kind of methods in signal and image restoration - a typical inverse problem. One important minimization model consists of the squared $\ell_2$ data fidelity (corresponding to Gaussian noise) and…
Many methods for processing scalar and vector valued images, volumes and other data in the context of inverse problems are based on variational formulations. Such formulations require appropriate regularization functionals that model…
Over the last decades, the total variation (TV) evolved to one of the most broadly-used regularisation functionals for inverse problems, in particular for imaging applications. When first introduced as a regulariser, higher-order…
Suppose that we observe independent random pairs $(X_1,Y_1)$, $(X_2,Y_2)$, >..., $(X_n,Y_n)$. Our goal is to estimate regression functions such as the conditional mean or $\beta$--quantile of $Y$ given $X$, where $0<\beta <1$. In order to…
The total variation (TV) regularization has phenomenally boosted various variational models for image processing tasks. We propose to combine the backward diffusion process in the earlier literature of image enhancement with the TV…