English
Related papers

Related papers: Noise-aware Dynamic Image Denoising and Positron R…

200 papers

Image denoising is a fundamental challenge in computer vision, with applications in photography and medical imaging. While deep learning-based methods have shown remarkable success, their reliance on specific noise distributions limits…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-08-28 Dongjin Kim , Jaekyun Ko , Muhammad Kashif Ali , Tae Hyun Kim

Fluoroscopy is critical for real-time X-ray visualization in medical imaging. However, low-dose images are compromised by noise, potentially affecting diagnostic accuracy. Noise reduction is crucial for maintaining image quality, especially…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-05 Sun-Young Jeon , Sen Wang , Adam S. Wang , Garry E. Gold , Jang-Hwan Choi

Patient scans from MRI often suffer from noise, which hampers the diagnostic capability of such images. As a method to mitigate such artifact, denoising is largely studied both within the medical imaging community and beyond the community…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-25 Hyungjin Chung , Eun Sun Lee , Jong Chul Ye

Recent deep learning-based image denoising methods have shown impressive performance; however, many lack the flexibility to adjust the denoising strength based on the noise levels, camera settings, and user preferences. In this paper, we…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-05 Youngjin Oh , Junhyeong Kwon , Keuntek Lee , Nam Ik Cho

Image denoising algorithms are evaluated using images corrupted by artificial noise, which may lead to incorrect conclusions about their performances on real noise. In this paper we introduce a dataset of color images corrupted by natural…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-02-06 Josue Anaya , Adrian Barbu

Ultra-low-field (ULF, <0.1 T) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems offer advantages in cost, portability, and accessibility, but their current utility is still limited by low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). Deep learning (DL)-based…

Positron range (PR) limits spatial resolution and quantitative accuracy in PET imaging, particularly for high-energy positron-emitting radionuclides like 68Ga. We propose a deep learning method using 3D residual encoder-decoder…

Image noise and motion artifacts greatly affect the quality of brain MRI and negatively influence downstream medical image analysis. Previous studies often focus on 2D methods that process each volumetric MR image slice-by-slice, thus…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-14 Lintao Zhang , Mengqi Wu , Lihong Wang , David C. Steffens , Guy G. Potter , Mingxia Liu

Propagation-based X-ray phase-contrast imaging (PBI) enables high-contrast visualization of lung structures and holds strong medical potential. However, safe translation to the clinic will require a substantial radiation dose reduction,…

Over the years, progressive improvements in denoising performance have been achieved by several image denoising algorithms that have been proposed. Despite this, many of these state-of-the-art algorithms tend to smooth out the denoised…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-07-13 Basit O. Alawode , Mudassir Masood , Tarig Ballal , Tareq Al-Naffouri

Ultrasound plane wave imaging is a cutting-edge technique that enables high frame-rate imaging. However, one challenge associated with high frame-rate ultrasound imaging is the high noise associated with them, hindering their wider…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-21 Hojat Asgariandehkordi , Sobhan Goudarzi , Mostafa Sharifzadeh , Adrian Basarab , Hassan Rivaz

Biomedical images are noisy. The imaging equipment itself has physical limitations, and the consequent experimental trade-offs between signal-to-noise ratio, acquisition speed, and imaging depth exacerbate the problem. Denoising is,…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-11 Mikhail Papkov , Kenny Roberts , Lee Ann Madissoon , Omer Bayraktar , Dmytro Fishman , Kaupo Palo , Leopold Parts

Positron emission tomography (PET) reconstruction has become an ill-posed inverse problem due to low-count projection data, and a robust algorithm is urgently required to improve imaging quality. Recently, the deep image prior (DIP) has…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-01 Chenyu Shen , Wenjun Xia , Hongwei Ye , Mingzheng Hou , Hu Chen , Yan Liu , Jiliu Zhou , Yi Zhang

Quantitative accuracy and thus diagnostic precision in Emission Tomography is impaired by the inherent random characteristics of the data acquisition leading to statistical image noise. Edge preserving spatial variation regularized…

Medical Physics · Physics 2019-10-02 Andre Salomon , Andriy Andreyev , Andreas Goedicke

Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is a vital imaging modality widely used in clinical diagnosis and preclinical research but faces limitations in image resolution and signal-to-noise ratio due to inherent physical degradation factors.…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-11 Boxiao Yu , Kuang Gong

Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI) plays a vital role in both clinical diagnostics and neuroscience research. However, its inherently low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), especially under high diffusion weighting, significantly…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2026-02-27 Jine Xie , Zhicheng Zhang , Yunwei Chen , Yanqiu Feng , Xinyuan Zhang

We introduce Back to Basics (BTB), a fast iterative algorithm for noise reduction. Our method is computationally efficient, does not require training or ground truth data, and can be applied in the presence of independent noise, as well as…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-19 Deborah Pereg

Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is pervasive in both the research and clinical practice of Ophthalmology. However, OCT images are strongly corrupted by noise, limiting their interpretation. Current OCT denoisers leverage assumptions on…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-08-19 Guillaume Gisbert , Neel Dey , Hiroshi Ishikawa , Joel Schuman , James Fishbaugh , Guido Gerig

Denoising of clinical CT images is an active area for deep learning research. Current clinically approved methods use iterative reconstruction methods to reduce the noise in CT images. Iterative reconstruction techniques require multiple…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-07-10 Mayank Patwari , Ralf Gutjahr , Rainer Raupach , Andreas Maier