English
Related papers

Related papers: WaFusion: A Wavelet-Enhanced Diffusion Framework f…

200 papers

Recent advancements in deep learning for medical image segmentation are often limited by the scarcity of high-quality training data.While diffusion models provide a potential solution by generating synthetic images, their effectiveness in…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-02 Jianhao Xie , Ziang Zhang , Zhenyu Weng , Yuesheng Zhu , Guibo Luo

The lack of large-scale, demographically diverse face images with precise Action Unit (AU) occurrence and intensity annotations has long been recognized as a fundamental bottleneck in developing generalizable AU recognition systems. In this…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-03 Xiangdong Li , Ye Lou , Ao Gao , Wei Zhang , Siyang Song

Leveraging the complementary characteristics of visible (RGB) and infrared (IR) imagery offers significant potential for improving object detection. In this paper, we propose WaveMamba, a cross-modality fusion method that efficiently…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-25 Haodong Zhu , Wenhao Dong , Linlin Yang , Hong Li , Yuguang Yang , Yangyang Ren , Qingcheng Zhu , Zichao Feng , Changbai Li , Shaohui Lin , Runqi Wang , Xiaoyan Luo , Baochang Zhang

Synthetic face recognition (SFR) aims to generate synthetic face datasets that mimic the distribution of real face data, which allows for training face recognition models in a privacy-preserving manner. Despite the remarkable potential of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-10-25 Shen Li , Jianqing Xu , Jiaying Wu , Miao Xiong , Ailin Deng , Jiazhen Ji , Yuge Huang , Wenjie Feng , Shouhong Ding , Bryan Hooi

Face recognition datasets are often collected by crawling Internet and without individuals' consents, raising ethical and privacy concerns. Generating synthetic datasets for training face recognition models has emerged as a promising…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-04 Hatef Otroshi Shahreza , Sébastien Marcel

We present novel approaches involving generative adversarial networks and diffusion models in order to synthesize high quality, live and spoof fingerprint images while preserving features such as uniqueness and diversity. We generate live…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-03-22 W. Tang , D. Figueroa , D. Liu , K. Johnsson , A. Sopasakis

Although deep convolutional neural networks have achieved remarkable success in removing synthetic fog, it is essential to be able to process images taken in complex foggy conditions, such as dense or non-homogeneous fog, in the real world.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-01-10 Shengli Zhang , Zhiyong Tao , Sen Lin

Detecting camouflaged moving foreground objects has been known to be difficult due to the similarity between the foreground objects and the background. Conventional methods cannot distinguish the foreground from background due to the small…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-04-18 Shuai Li , Dinei Florencio , Wanqing Li , Yaqin Zhao , Chris Cook

We introduce Material Coating, a novel image editing task that simulates applying a thin material layer onto an object while preserving its underlying coarse and fine geometry. Material coating is fundamentally different from existing…

Graphics · Computer Science 2025-12-03 Sagie Levy , Elad Aharoni , Matan Levy , Ariel Shamir , Dani Lischinski

We present FreeMorph, the first tuning-free method for image morphing that accommodates inputs with different semantics or layouts. Unlike existing methods that rely on finetuning pre-trained diffusion models and are limited by time…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-03 Yukang Cao , Chenyang Si , Jinghao Wang , Ziwei Liu

Video Face Enhancement (VFE) aims to restore high-quality facial regions from degraded video sequences, enabling a wide range of practical applications. Despite substantial progress in the field, current methods that primarily rely on video…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-21 Shulian Zhang , Yong Guo , Long Peng , Ziyang Wang , Ye Chen , Wenbo Li , Xiao Zhang , Yulun Zhang , Jian Chen

Palmprint recognition techniques have advanced significantly in recent years, enabling reliable recognition even when palmprints are captured in uncontrolled or challenging environments. However, this strength also introduces new risks, as…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-17 Licheng Yan , Bob Zhang , Andrew Beng Jin Teoh , Lu Leng , Shuyi Li , Yuqi Wang , Ziyuan Yang

Existing mobile devices are constrained by compact optical designs, such as small apertures, which make it difficult to produce natural, optically realistic bokeh effects. Although recent learning-based methods have shown promising results,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Linxiao Shi , Siming Zheng , Zerong Wang , Hao Zhang , Jinwei Chen , Bo Li , Shifeng Chen , Peng-Tao Jiang

We introduce a novel Multi-modal Guided Real-World Face Restoration (MGFR) technique designed to improve the quality of facial image restoration from low-quality inputs. Leveraging a blend of attribute text prompts, high-quality reference…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-04-22 Keda Tao , Jinjin Gu , Yulun Zhang , Xiucheng Wang , Nan Cheng

Conventional methods for human motion synthesis are either deterministic or struggle with the trade-off between motion diversity and motion quality. In response to these limitations, we introduce MoFusion, i.e., a new…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-05-16 Rishabh Dabral , Muhammad Hamza Mughal , Vladislav Golyanik , Christian Theobalt

Lung ultrasound (LUS) is a safe and portable imaging modality, but the scarcity of data limits the development of machine learning methods for image interpretation and disease monitoring. Existing generative augmentation methods, such as…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-17 Maryam Heidari , Nantheera Anantrasirichai , Steven Walker , Rahul Bhatnagar , Alin Achim

In the last few years, face morphing has been shown to be a complex challenge for Face Recognition Systems (FRS). Thus, the evaluation of other biometric modalities such as fingerprint, iris, and others must be explored and evaluated to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-08-27 Juan E. Tapia , Sebastian Gonzalez , Daniel Benalcazar , Christoph Busch

This paper demonstrates two different fusion techniques at two different levels of a human face recognition process. The first one is called data fusion at lower level and the second one is the decision fusion towards the end of the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2011-06-20 Mrinal Kanti Bhowmik , Gautam Majumdar , Debotosh Bhattacharjee , Dipak Kumar Basu , Mita Nasipuri

Diffusion MRI (dMRI) is an advanced imaging technique characterizing tissue microstructure and white matter structural connectivity of the human brain. The demand for high-quality dMRI data is growing, driven by the need for better…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-26 Xi Zhu , Wei Zhang , Yijie Li , Lauren J. O'Donnell , Fan Zhang

Advancements in artificial intelligence and machine learning have significantly improved synthetic speech generation. This paper explores diffusion models, a novel method for creating realistic synthetic speech. We create a diffusion…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-01-15 Anton Firc , Kamil Malinka , Petr Hanáček