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Solving inverse problems \(Ax = y\) is central to a variety of practically important fields such as medical imaging, remote sensing, and non-destructive testing. The most successful and theoretically best-understood method is convex…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-23 Daniel Obmann , Gyeongha Hwang , Markus Haltmeier

This paper provides a new algorithm for solving inverse problems, based on the minimization of the $L^2$ norm and on the control of the Total Variation. It consists in relaxing the role of the Total Variation in the classical Total…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2011-10-17 Qiyu Jin , Ion Grama , Quansheng Liu

This work proposes a novel convex-non-convex formulation of the image segmentation and the image completion problems. The proposed approach is based on the minimization of a functional involving two distinct regularization terms: one…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-01 Mohamed El Guide , Anas El Hachimi , Khalide Jbilou , Lothar Reichel

In this paper, we consider linear ill-posed problems in Hilbert spaces and their regularization via frame decompositions, which are generalizations of the singular-value decomposition. In particular, we prove convergence for a general class…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-11-04 Simon Hubmer , Ronny Ramlau , Lukas Weissinger

A variational model for learning convolutional image atoms from corrupted and/or incomplete data is introduced and analyzed both in function space and numerically. Building on lifting and relaxation strategies, the proposed approach is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-12-10 Antonin Chambolle , Martin Holler Thomas Pock

We study iterative regularization for linear models, when the bias is convex but not necessarily strongly convex. We characterize the stability properties of a primal-dual gradient based approach, analyzing its convergence in the presence…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2020-10-30 Cesare Molinari , Mathurin Massias , Lorenzo Rosasco , Silvia Villa

Image reconstruction enhanced by regularizers, e.g., to enforce sparsity, low rank or smoothness priors on images, has many successful applications in vision tasks such as computer photography, biomedical and spectral imaging. It has been…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-11-21 Samuel Pinilla , Tingting Mu , Neil Bourne , Jeyan Thiyagalingam

The goal of this paper is to settle the study of non-commutative optimal transport problems with convex regularization, in their static and finite-dimensional formulations. We consider both the balanced and unbalanced problem and show in…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-06-27 Emanuele Caputo , Augusto Gerolin , Nataliia Monina , Lorenzo Portinale

We propose an adaptive regularization scheme in a variational framework where a convex composite energy functional is optimized. We consider a number of imaging problems including denoising, segmentation and motion estimation, which are…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-03-01 Byung-Woo Hong , Ja-Keoung Koo , Hendrik Dirks , Martin Burger

This work unifies the analysis of various randomized methods for solving linear and nonlinear inverse problems by framing the problem in a stochastic optimization setting. By doing so, we show that many randomized methods are variants of a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-06-21 Jonathan Wittmer , C. G. Krishnanunni , Hai V. Nguyen , Tan Bui-Thanh

Inverse problems arise in a variety of imaging applications including computed tomography, non-destructive testing, and remote sensing. The characteristic features of inverse problems are the non-uniqueness and instability of their…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-06-09 Markus Haltmeier , Linh V. Nguyen

In the past decades, Computed Tomography (CT) has established itself as one of the most important imaging techniques in medicine. Today, the applicability of CT is only limited by the deposited radiation dose, reduction of which manifests…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-25 Martin Zach , Erich Kobler , Thomas Pock

This paper discusses basic results and recent developments on variational regularization methods, as developed for inverse problems. In a typical setup we review basic properties needed to obtain a convergent regularization scheme and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-12-10 Martin Burger

We investigate continuous regularization methods for linear inverse problems of static and dynamic type. These methods are based on dynamic programming approaches for linear quadratic optimal control problems. We prove regularization…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-01-27 S. Kindermann , A. Leitao

This paper is concerned with the regularity of shape optimizers of a class of isoperimetric problems under convexity constraint. We prove that minimizers of the sum of the perimeter and a perturbative term, among convex shapes, are C…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-02-02 Jimmy Lamboley , Raphaël Prunier

Regularization methods are a key tool in the solution of inverse problems. They are used to introduce prior knowledge and make the approximation of ill-posed (pseudo-)inverses feasible. In the last two decades interest has shifted from…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-01-31 Martin Benning , Martin Burger

The reconstruction of images from their corresponding noisy Radon transform is a typical example of an ill-posed linear inverse problem as arising in the application of computerized tomography (CT). As the (naive) solution does not depend…

Inverse problems and regularization theory is a central theme in contemporary signal processing, where the goal is to reconstruct an unknown signal from partial indirect, and possibly noisy, measurements of it. A now standard method for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-12-09 Samuel Vaiter , Gabriel Peyré , Jalal M. Fadili

In this work, we investigate the regularized solutions and their finite element solutions to the inverse source problems governed by partial differential equations, and establish the stochastic convergence and optimal finite element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-10-25 Zhiming Chen , Wenlong Zhang , Jun Zou

Inverse problems are inherently ill-posed, suffering from non-uniqueness and instability. Classical regularization methods provide mathematically well-founded solutions, ensuring stability and convergence, but often at the cost of reduced…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-21 Markus Haltmeier , Gyeongha Hwang