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We consider a bilevel optimisation approach for parameter learning in higher-order total variation image reconstruction models. Apart from the least squares cost functional, naturally used in bilevel learning, we propose and analyse an…
We propose an efficient estimation technique for the automatic selection of locally-adaptive Total Variation regularisation parameters based on an hybrid strategy which combines a local maximum-likelihood approach estimating space-variant…
We address the problem of optimal scale-dependent parameter learning in total variation image denoising. Such problems are formulated as bilevel optimization instances with total variation denoising problems as lower-level constraints. For…
In the context of image processing, given a $k$-th order, homogeneous and linear differential operator with constant coefficients, we study a class of variational problems whose regularizing terms depend on the operator. Precisely, the…
Total Generalized Variation (TGV) regularization in image reconstruction relies on an infimal convolution type combination of generalized first- and second-order derivatives. This helps to avoid the staircasing effect of Total Variation…
A novel class of semi-norms, generalising the notion of the isotropic total variation $TV_{2}$ and the an-isotropic total variation $TV_{1}$ is introduced. A supervised learning method via bilevel optimisation is proposed for the…
A class of mixed-order \emph{PDE}-constraint regularizer for image processing problem is proposed, generalizing the standard first order total variation $(TV)$. A semi-supervised (bilevel) training scheme, which provides a simultaneous…
In this paper we propose a new approach for tomographic reconstruction with spatially varying regularization parameter. Our work is based on the SA-TV image restoration model proposed in [3] where an automated parameter selection rule for…
This review discusses methods for learning parameters for image reconstruction problems using bilevel formulations. Image reconstruction typically involves optimizing a cost function to recover a vector of unknown variables that agrees with…
We review some recent learning approaches in variational imaging, based on bilevel optimisation, and emphasize the importance of their treatment in function space. The paper covers both analytical and numerical techniques. Analytically, we…
We consider the standard optimistic bilevel optimization problem, in particular upper- and lower-level constraints can be coupled. By means of the lower-level value function, the problem is transformed into a single-level optimization…
Bilevel learning is a powerful optimization technique that has extensively been employed in recent years to bridge the world of model-driven variational approaches with data-driven methods. Upon suitable parametrization of the desired…
We explore anisotropic regularisation methods in the spirit of [Holler & Kunisch, 14]. Based on ground truth data, we propose a bilevel optimisation strategy to compute the optimal regularisation parameters of such a model for the…
We propose a bilevel optimization approach for the estimation of parameters in nonlocal image denoising models. The parameters we consider are both the fidelity weight and weights within the kernel of the nonlocal operator. In both cases we…
We consider an unsupervised bilevel optimization strategy for learning regularization parameters in the context of imaging inverse problems in the presence of additive white Gaussian noise. Compared to supervised and semi-supervised metrics…
We introduce a unified framework based on bi-level optimization schemes to deal with parameter learning in the context of image processing. The goal is to identify the optimal regularizer within a family depending on a parameter in a…
In this paper we present a new regularization term for variational image restoration which can be regarded as a space-variant anisotropic extension of the classical isotropic Total Variation (TV) regularizer. The proposed regularizer comes…
We introduce a method for fast estimation of data-adapted, spatio-temporally dependent regularization parameter-maps for variational image reconstruction, focusing on total variation (TV)-minimization. Our approach is inspired by recent…
We investigate a family of bilevel imaging learning problems where the lower-level instance corresponds to a convex variational model involving first- and second-order nonsmooth sparsity-based regularizers. By using geometric properties of…