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Recent advances in computer vision have predominantly relied on data-driven approaches that leverage deep learning and large-scale datasets. Deep neural networks have achieved remarkable success in tasks such as stereo matching and…

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Deep neural network approaches to inverse imaging problems have produced impressive results in the last few years. In this paper, we consider the use of generative models in a variational regularisation approach to inverse problems. The…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-22 Margaret Duff , Neill D. F. Campbell , Matthias J. Ehrhardt

We consider a variational model for single-image super-resolution based on the assumption that the gradient of the target image is sparse. We enforce this assumption by considering both an isotropic and an anisotropic $\ell^0$…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-12-17 Pasquale Cascarano , Luca Calatroni , Elena Loli Piccolomini

Although 3D Gaussian Splatting has been widely studied because of its realistic and efficient novel-view synthesis, it is still challenging to extract a high-quality surface from the point-based representation. Previous works improve the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-10-31 Hanlin Chen , Fangyin Wei , Chen Li , Tianxin Huang , Yunsong Wang , Gim Hee Lee

Low-variance gradient estimation is crucial for learning directed graphical models parameterized by neural networks, where the reparameterization trick is widely used for those with continuous variables. While this technique gives…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2016-11-07 Seiya Tokui , Issei sato

We introduce a new non-smooth variational model for the restoration of manifold-valued data which includes second order differences in the regularization term. While such models were successfully applied for real-valued images, we introduce…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-12-10 Miroslav Bačák , Ronny Bergmann , Gabriele Steidl , Andreas Weinmann

Image reconstruction methods based on deep neural networks have shown outstanding performance, equalling or exceeding the state-of-the-art results of conventional approaches, but often do not provide uncertainty information about the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-12-01 Riccardo Barbano , Željko Kereta , Chen Zhang , Andreas Hauptmann , Simon Arridge , Bangti Jin

Gaussian curvature is an important geometric property of surfaces, which has been used broadly in mathematical modeling. Due to the full nonlinearity of the Gaussian curvature, efficient numerical methods for models based on it are uncommon…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-05-17 Hao Liu , Xue-Cheng Tai , Roland Glowinski

This paper addresses the problem of natural image segmentation by extracting information from a multi-layer array which is constructed based on color, gradient, and statistical properties of the local neighborhoods in an image. A Gaussian…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2016-10-12 Fariba Zohrizadeh , Mohsen Kheirandishfard , Farhad Kamangar

An efficient strategy for weakly-supervised segmentation is to impose constraints or regularization priors on target regions. Recent efforts have focused on incorporating such constraints in the training of convolutional neural networks…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-08-19 Jizong Peng , Hoel Kervadec , Jose Dolz , Ismail Ben Ayed , Marco Pedersoli , Christian Desrosiers

We consider the problem of minimizing the sum of a convex function and a convex function composed with an injective linear mapping. For such problems, subject to a coercivity condition at fixed points of the corresponding Picard iteration,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-02-07 Timo Aspelmeier , C. Charitha , D. Russell Luke

In image reconstruction, an accurate quantification of uncertainty is of great importance for informed decision making. Here, the Bayesian approach to inverse problems can be used: the image is represented through a random function that…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-04-24 Jonas Latz , Aretha L. Teckentrup , Simon Urbainczyk

Geometric data analysis and learning has emerged as a distinct and rapidly developing research area, increasingly recognized for its effectiveness across diverse applications. At the heart of this field lies curvature, a powerful and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-28 Yasharth Yadav , Kelin Xia

This paper deals with the problem of reconstructing a depth map from a sequence of differently focused images, also known as depth from focus or shape from focus. We propose to state the depth from focus problem as a variational problem…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2015-10-28 Michael Moeller , Martin Benning , Carola Schönlieb , Daniel Cremers

This paper is concerned with the development, analysis and numerical realization of a novel variational model for the regularization of inverse problems in imaging. The proposed model is inspired by the architecture of generative…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-11-10 Andreas Habring , Martin Holler

The affine Gaussian derivative model can in several respects be regarded as a canonical model for receptive fields over a spatial image domain: (i) it can be derived by necessity from scale-space axioms that reflect structural properties of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-12-21 Tony Lindeberg

Ordinary differential equation (ODE)-based diffusion models enable deterministic image synthesis, establishing a reversible mapping suitable for generative steganography. While prevailing methods strictly adhere to a standard normal prior,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-12-16 Yuhua Xu , Wei Sun , Chengpei Tang , Jiaxing Lu , Jingying Zhou , Chen Gu

In this paper we study a variational problem in the space of functions of bounded Hessian. Our model constitutes a straightforward higher-order extension of the well known ROF functional (total variation minimisation) to which we add a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-08-09 Konstantinos Papafitsoros , Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb

On some specified convex supporting sets of spheres, we find a generalized longitude function whose level sets are totally geodesic. Given an arbitrary (weakly) harmonic map into spheres, the composition of the generalized longitude…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-07-09 Ling Yang

Defined mathematically as critical points of surface area subject to a volume constraint, constant mean curvatures (CMC) surfaces are idealizations of interfaces occurring between two immiscible fluids. Their behavior elucidates phenomena…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-08-07 Nicholas D. Brubaker