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In this work, we propose a new discretization for second-order total generalized variation (TGV) with some distinct properties compared to existing discrete formulations. The introduced model is based on same design principles as Condat's…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-04-14 Alireza Hosseini , Kristian Bredies

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…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-11-29 Shai Biton , Guy Gilboa

The objectives of this chapter are: (i) to introduce a concise overview of regularization; (ii) to define and to explain the role of a particular type of regularization called total variation norm (TV-norm) in computer vision tasks; (iii)…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2016-04-01 Vania V. Estrela , Hermes Aguiar Magalhaes , Osamu Saotome

We consider the image denoising problem using total variation (TV) regularization. This problem can be computationally challenging to solve due to the non-differentiability and non-linearity of the regularization term. We propose an…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-08-26 Zhiwei Qin , Donald Goldfarb , Shiqian Ma

In this work, a new constrained hybrid variational deblurring model is developed by combining the non-convex first- and second-order total variation regularizers. Moreover, a box constraint is imposed on the proposed model to guarantee high…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2013-10-03 Ryan Wen Liu , Tian Xu

We aim at constructing solutions to the minimizing problem for the variant of Rudin-Osher-Fatemi denoising model with rectilinear anisotropy and to the gradient flow of its underlying anisotropic total variation functional. We consider a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-11-06 Michał Łasica , Salvador Moll , Piotr B. Mucha

We revisit total variation denoising and study an augmented model where we assume that an estimate of the image gradient is available. We show that this increases the image reconstruction quality and derive that the resulting model…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-04-05 Birgit Komander , Dirk A. Lorenz , Lena Vestweber

This paper considers the constrained total variation (TV) denoising problem for complex-valued images. We extend the definition of TV seminorms for real-valued images to dealing with complex-valued ones. In particular, we introduce two…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-09-14 Yunhui Gao , Liangcai Cao

We introduce a first order Total Variation type regulariser that decomposes a function into a part with a given Lipschitz constant (which is also allowed to vary spatially) and a jump part. The kernel of this regulariser contains all…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-12-06 Martin Burger , Yury Korolev , Simone Parisotto , Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb

Owing to its significant success, the prior imposed on gradient maps has consistently been a subject of great interest in the field of image processing. Total variation (TV), one of the most representative regularizers, is known for its…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-09-14 Shuang Xu , Yifan Wang , Zixiang Zhao , Jiangjun Peng , Xiangyong Cao , Deyu Meng , Yulun Zhang , Radu Timofte , Luc Van Gool

We give a comprehensive survey on a class of higher order variational problems which are motivated by applications in mathematical imaging. The overall aim of this note is to investigate if and in which manner results from the first…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-03-28 Martin Fuchs , Jan Mueller

We consider total variation minimization for manifold valued data. We propose a cyclic proximal point algorithm and a parallel proximal point algorithm to minimize TV functionals with $\ell^p$-type data terms in the manifold case. These…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-12-12 Andreas Weinmann , Laurent Demaret , Martin Storath

Discrete gradient methods are well-known methods of Geometric Numerical Integration, which preserve the dissipation of gradient systems. The preservation of the dissipation of a system is an important feature in numerous image processing…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-03-25 V Grimm , R I McLachlan , D McLaren , G R W Quispel , C-B Schönlieb

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…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-11-15 Valerio Pagliari , Kostas Papafitsoros , Bogdan Raiţă , Andreas Vikelis

In this paper we study the one dimensional second order total generalised variation regularisation (TGV) problem with $L^{2}$ data fitting term. We examine some properties of this model and we calculate exact solutions using simple…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-09-24 Konstantinos Papafitsoros , Kristian Bredies

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…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-26 Edward P. Chandler , Shirin Shoushtari , Brendt Wohlberg , Ulugbek S. Kamilov

Lifting methods allow to transform hard variational problems such as segmentation and optical flow estimation into convex problems in a suitable higher-dimensional space. The lifted models can then be efficiently solved to a global optimum,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-08-13 Thomas Vogt , Evgeny Strekalovskiy , Daniel Cremers , Jan Lellmann

This article proposes a novel regularization method, named Geometric Spatio-Spectral Total Variation (GeoSSTV), for hyperspectral (HS) image denoising and destriping. HS images are inevitably affected by various types of noise due to the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-02 Shingo Takemoto , Shunsuke Ono

Much research has been devoted to the problem of restoring Poissonian images, namely for medical and astronomical applications. However, the restoration of these images using state-of-the-art regularizers (such as those based on multiscale…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-10-10 Mário A. T. Figueiredo , José M. Bioucas-Dias

We present a practical implementation of an optimal first-order method, due to Nesterov, for large-scale total variation regularization in tomographic reconstruction, image deblurring, etc. The algorithm applies to $\mu$-strongly convex…