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Sparse-view computed tomography (CT) can be used to reduce radiation dose greatly but is suffers from severe image artifacts. Recently, the deep learning based method for sparse-view CT reconstruction has attracted a major attention.…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-11-21 Wenjun Xia , Wenxiang Cong , Ge Wang

Rendering high-fidelity images from sparse point clouds is still challenging. Existing learning-based approaches suffer from either hole artifacts, missing details, or expensive computations. In this paper, we propose a novel framework to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-07-08 Jiaxu Wang , Ziyi Zhang , Junhao He , Renjing Xu

Recently, diffusion models (DMs) have made significant strides in high-quality image generation. However, the multi-step denoising process often results in considerable computational overhead, impeding deployment on resource-constrained…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-24 Yu-Shan Tai , An-Yeu , Wu

A generative modeling framework is proposed that combines diffusion models and manifold learning to efficiently sample data densities on manifolds. The approach utilizes Diffusion Maps to uncover possible low-dimensional underlying (latent)…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-04-22 Dimitris G. Giovanis , Ellis Crabtree , Roger G. Ghanem , Ioannis G. Kevrekidis

Despite the remarkable success of diffusion models in image generation, slow sampling remains a persistent issue. To accelerate the sampling process, prior studies have reformulated diffusion sampling as an ODE/SDE and introduced…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-07-24 Suttisak Wizadwongsa , Worameth Chinchuthakun , Pramook Khungurn , Amit Raj , Supasorn Suwajanakorn

Seismic imaging from sparsely acquired data faces challenges such as low image quality, discontinuities, and migration swing artifacts. Existing convolutional neural network (CNN)-based methods struggle with complex feature distributions…

Geophysics · Physics 2024-08-01 Xingchen Shi , Shijun Cheng , Weijian Mao , Wei Ouyang

Continuous diffusion is a natural framework for non-autoregressive generation but has generally lagged behind masked discrete diffusion models (MDMs) on discrete sequence generation. We argue that the bottleneck is not continuity itself,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-22 Yunshu Wu , Jiayi Cheng , Longxuan Yu , Partha Thakuria , Rob Brekelmans , Evangelos E. Papalexakis , Greg Ver Steeg

Continuous diffusion is a natural framework for non-autoregressive generation but has generally lagged behind masked discrete diffusion models (MDMs) on discrete sequence generation. We argue that the bottleneck is not continuity itself,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-22 Yunshu Wu , Jiayi Cheng , Longxuan Yu , Partha Thakuria , Rob Brekelmans , Evangelos E. Papalexakis , Greg Ver Steeg

A method for spatial deconvolution of spectra is presented. It follows the same fundamental principles as the ``MCS image deconvolution algorithm'' (Magain, Courbin, Sohy, 1998) and uses information contained in the spectrum of a reference…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 F. Courbin , P. Magain , M. Kirkove , S. Sohy

Decompositional reconstruction of 3D scenes, with complete shapes and detailed texture of all objects within, is intriguing for downstream applications but remains challenging, particularly with sparse views as input. Recent approaches…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-20 Junfeng Ni , Yu Liu , Ruijie Lu , Zirui Zhou , Song-Chun Zhu , Yixin Chen , Siyuan Huang

Histological whole slide images (WSIs) can be usually compromised by artifacts, such as tissue folding and bubbles, which will increase the examination difficulty for both pathologists and Computer-Aided Diagnosis (CAD) systems. Existing…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-07-27 Zhenqi He , Junjun He , Jin Ye , Yiqing Shen

The differences in brain dynamics across human subjects, commonly referred to as human artifacts, have long been a challenge in the field, severely limiting the generalizability of brain dynamics recognition models. Traditional methods for…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-05-16 Yiqun Duan , Jinzhao Zhou , Zhen Wang , Yu-Cheng Chang , Yu-Kai Wang , Chin-Teng Lin

We present a novel methodology that combines graph and dense segmentation techniques by jointly learning both point and pixel contour representations, thereby leveraging the benefits of each approach. This addresses deficiencies in typical…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-02-20 Kit Mills Bransby , Greg Slabaugh , Christos Bourantas , Qianni Zhang

Diffusion models have recently brought a powerful revolution in image generation. Despite showing impressive generative capabilities, most of these models rely on the current sample to denoise the next one, possibly resulting in denoising…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-03-27 Yurui Qian , Qi Cai , Yingwei Pan , Yehao Li , Ting Yao , Qibin Sun , Tao Mei

Rasterization based methods have recently enabled high-quality novel view synthesis at real-time rates, but their underlying volumetric primitives do not expose a direct, globally consistent surface representation, leaving sur face…

Graphics · Computer Science 2026-04-28 Jinkai Cui , Kaiwen Song , Chumeng Niu , Juyong Zhang

Single-image point cloud reconstruction must infer complete 3D geometry, including occluded parts, from a single RGB image. While diffusion-based reconstructors achieve high accuracy, they typically require many denoising iterations,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-28 Yuta Baba , Keiji Yanai

Diffusion models, typically formulated as discretizations of stochastic differential equations (SDEs), have achieved state-of-the-art performance in generative tasks. However, their theoretical analysis often involves complex proofs. In…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-02 Juhyeok Choi , Chenglin Fan

We propose DeMapGS, a structured Gaussian Splatting framework that jointly optimizes deformable surfaces and surface-attached 2D Gaussian splats. By anchoring splats to a deformable template mesh, our method overcomes topological…

Graphics · Computer Science 2025-12-12 Shuyi Zhou , Shengze Zhong , Kenshi Takayama , Takafumi Taketomi , Takeshi Oishi

In many scientific applications, the target probability distribution cannot be evaluated in closed form or sampled from directly. Instead, it can often be decomposed into multiple components, some of which are accessible only through…

Methodology · Statistics 2026-03-10 Roxana Darvishi , David C. Stenning , Ted von Hippel , Owen G. Ward

This work explores the theoretical and practical foundations of denoising diffusion probabilistic models (DDPMs) and score-based generative models, which leverage stochastic processes and Brownian motion to model complex data distributions.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-12-30 Jathin Korrapati , Tanish Baranwal , Rahul Shah