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Super-resolution aims at increasing image resolution by algorithmic means and has progressed over the recent years due to advances in the fields of computer vision and deep learning. Convolutional Neural Networks based on a variety of…

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It is highly desired but challenging to acquire high-quality photos with clear content in low-light environments. Although multi-image processing methods (using burst, dual-exposure, or multi-exposure images) have made significant progress…

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Images captured under low-light conditions are often plagued by several challenges, including diminished contrast, increased noise, loss of fine details, and unnatural color reproduction. These factors can significantly hinder the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-05-16 Miao Zhang , Yiqing Shen , Shenghui Zhong

Modern cameras with large apertures often suffer from a shallow depth of field, resulting in blurry images of objects outside the focal plane. This limitation is particularly problematic for fixed-focus cameras, such as those used in smart…

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Due to the limits of bandwidth and storage space, digital images are usually down-scaled and compressed when transmitted over networks, resulting in loss of details and jarring artifacts that can lower the performance of high-level visual…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-12-21 Xiaoyu Xiang , Qian Lin , Jan P. Allebach

Remote sensing image fusion is an effective way to use a large volume of data from multisensor images. Most earth satellites such as SPOT, Landsat 7, IKONOS and QuickBird provide both panchromatic (Pan) images at a higher spatial resolution…

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This work explores capabilities of the pre-trained CLIP vision-language model to identify satellite images affected by clouds. Several approaches to using the model to perform cloud presence detection are proposed and evaluated, including a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-12-14 Mikolaj Czerkawski , Robert Atkinson , Christos Tachtatzis

Multi-image super-resolution, which aims to fuse and restore a high-resolution image from multiple images at the same location, is crucial for utilizing satellite images. The satellite images are often occluded by atmospheric disturbances…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-17 Minji Lee

Single image view synthesis allows for the generation of new views of a scene given a single input image. This is challenging, as it requires comprehensively understanding the 3D scene from a single image. As a result, current methods…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-04-21 Olivia Wiles , Georgia Gkioxari , Richard Szeliski , Justin Johnson

Single image super-resolution is the task of inferring a high-resolution image from a single low-resolution input. Traditionally, the performance of algorithms for this task is measured using pixel-wise reconstruction measures such as peak…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-01-16 Mehdi S. M. Sajjadi , Bernhard Schölkopf , Michael Hirsch

Panorama synthesis endeavors to craft captivating 360-degree visual landscapes, immersing users in the heart of virtual worlds. Nevertheless, contemporary panoramic synthesis techniques grapple with the challenge of semantically guiding the…

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Generative Models are a valuable tool for the controlled creation of high-quality image data. Controlled diffusion models like the ControlNet have allowed the creation of labeled distributions. Such synthetic datasets can augment the…

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Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) based image reconstruction methods have been intensely used for X-ray computed tomography (CT) reconstruction applications. Despite great success, good performance of this data-based approach critically…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-01-31 Ziling Wu , Abdulaziz Alorf , Ting Yang , Ling Li , Yunhui Zhu

We consider the problem of removing and replacing clouds in satellite image sequences, which has a wide range of applications in remote sensing. Our approach first detects and removes the cloud-contaminated part of the image sequences. It…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2016-04-14 Jialei Wang , Peder A. Olsen , Andrew R. Conn , Aurelie C. Lozano

Conditional Generative Adversarial Nets (CGANs) need a significantly huge dataset with a detailed pixel-wise annotation to generate high-quality images. Unfortunately, any amount of missing pixel annotations may significantly impact the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-03-21 Hadi Mansourifar , Steven J. Simske

Generating consistent ground-view images from satellite imagery is challenging, primarily due to the large discrepancies in viewing angles and resolution between satellite and ground-level domains. Previous efforts mainly concentrated on…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-04-23 Ningli Xu , Rongjun Qin

We present a method for inferring dense depth maps from images and sparse depth measurements by leveraging synthetic data to learn the association of sparse point clouds with dense natural shapes, and using the image as evidence to validate…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-08-25 Alex Wong , Safa Cicek , Stefano Soatto

Remote sensing imagery is essential for environmental monitoring, agricultural management, and disaster response. However, data loss due to cloud cover, sensor failures, or incomplete acquisition-especially in high-resolution and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-04-17 Zhenyu Yu , Mohd Yamani Inda Idris , Pei Wang

Recently, deep image deraining models based on paired datasets have made a series of remarkable progress. However, they cannot be well applied in real-world applications due to the difficulty of obtaining real paired datasets and the poor…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-25 Guanglu Dong , Tianheng Zheng , Yuanzhouhan Cao , Linbo Qing , Chao Ren

Optical and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) fusion-based object detection has attracted significant research interest in remote sensing, as these modalities provide complementary information for all-weather monitoring. However, practical…

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