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The augmented Lagrangian (AL) method that solves convex optimization problems with linear constraints has drawn more attention recently in imaging applications due to its decomposable structure for composite cost functions and empirical…

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This paper describes our method for Track 2 of the NTIRE 2026 3D Restoration and Reconstruction (3DRR) Challenge on smoke-degraded images. In this task, smoke reduces image visibility and weakens the cross-view consistency required by scene…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-07 Qida Cao , Xinyuan Hu , Changyue Shi , Jiajun Ding , Zhou Yu , Jun Yu

This paper work directly towards the improving the quality of the image for the digital cameras and other visual capturing products. In this Paper, the authors clearly defines the problems occurs in the CFA image. A different methodology…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2012-04-25 Manoj Kumar , Vikas Kaushik , Pradeep Singla

We present a progressive image decomposition method based on a novel non-linear filter named Sub-window Variance filter. Our method is specifically designed for image detail enhancement purpose; this application requires extraction of image…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-07-23 Kin-Ming Wong

During the last decades, denoising methods have attracted much attention of researchers. The conventional method for removing the Moire' pattern from images is using notch filters in the Frequency-domain. In this paper a new method is…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-02-01 Seyede Mahya Hazavei , Hamid Reza Shahdoosti

Many microscopy applications are limited by the total amount of usable light and are consequently challenged by the resulting levels of noise in the acquired images. This problem is often addressed via (supervised) deep learning based…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-08-20 Anna S. Goncharova , Alf Honigmann , Florian Jug , Alexander Krull

We introduce a simple and efficient method to enhance and clarify images. More specifically, we deal with low light image enhancement and clarification of hazy imagery (hazy/foggy images, images containing sand dust, and underwater images).…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-10 Alexander Belyaev , Pierre-Alain Fayolle , Michael Cohen

Maritime images captured under low-light imaging condition easily suffer from low visibility and unexpected noise, leading to negative effects on maritime traffic supervision and management. To promote imaging performance, it is necessary…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-08-11 Yu Guo , Yuxu Lu , Ryan Wen Liu , Meifang Yang , Kwok Tai Chui

An unbiased method for improving the resolution of astronomical images is presented. The strategy at the core of this method is to establish a linear transformation between the recorded image and an improved image at some desirable…

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In this paper we propose a new inexact dual decomposition algorithm for solving separable convex optimization problems. This algorithm is a combination of three techniques: dual Lagrangian decomposition, smoothing and excessive gap. The…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-02-11 Quoc Tran Dinh , Ion Necoara , Moritz Diehl

When an image is formed, factors such as lighting (spectra, source, and intensity) and camera characteristics (sensor response, lenses) affect the appearance of the image. Therefore, the prime factor that reduces the quality of the image is…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-01-23 Vivek Kumar , Atul Samadhiya

Endoscopes featuring a miniaturized design have significantly enhanced operational flexibility, portability, and diagnostic capability while substantially reducing the invasiveness of medical procedures. Recently, single-use endoscopes…

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In scanning electron microscopy, the achievable image quality is often limited by a maximum feasible acquisition time per dataset. Particularly with regard to three-dimensional or large field-of-view imaging, a compromise must be found…

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A novel, fast and practical way of enhancing images is introduced in this paper. Our approach builds on Laplacian operators of well-known edge-aware kernels, such as bilateral and nonlocal means, and extends these filter's capabilities to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2016-06-24 Hossein Talebi , Peyman Milanfar

This work is concerned with the problem of blind source separation and its applications to imaging. We first establish a theoretical result that we stated in our previous article on imaging in diffusive environments. This result is a…

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is one of the fields that the compressed sensing theory is well utilized to reduce the scan time significantly leading to faster imaging or higher resolution images. It has been shown that a small fraction…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-06-03 Cagdas Bilen , Yao Wang , Ivan Selesnick

Photoacoustic(PA) imaging is a non-destructive and non-invasive technology for visualizing minute blood vessel structures in the body using ultrasonic sensors. In PA imaging, the image quality of a single-shot image is poor, and it is…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-02-11 Tatsuhiro Eguchi , Shumpei Takezaki , Mihoko Shimano , Takayuki Yagi , Ryoma Bise

Photoacoustic microscopy (PAM) has been a promising biomedical imaging technology in recent years. However, the point-by-point scanning mechanism results in low-speed imaging, which limits the application of PAM. Reducing sampling density…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-09 Jiasheng Zhou , Da He , Xiaoyu Shang , Zhendong Guo , Sung-liang Chen , Jiajia Luo

The bilateral filter is known to be quite effective in denoising images corrupted with small dosages of additive Gaussian noise. The denoising performance of the filter, however, is known to degrade quickly with the increase in noise level.…

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