scholarly journals Single Image Super Resolution Technique: An Extension to True Color Images

Symmetry ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 464
Author(s):  
Muhammad Irfan ◽  
Sahib Khan ◽  
Arslan Arif ◽  
Khalil Khan ◽  
Aleem Khaliq ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mean Squared Error ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Super Resolution ◽  
Noise Removal ◽  
Reconstruction Error ◽  
Single Image ◽  
Low Resolution ◽  
Image Super Resolution ◽  
Single Image Super Resolution ◽  
Low Resolution Images

The super-resolution (SR) technique reconstructs a high-resolution image from single or multiple low-resolution images. SR has gained much attention over the past decade, as it has significant applications in our daily life. This paper provides a new technique of a single image super-resolution on true colored images. The key idea is to obtain the super-resolved image from observed low-resolution images. A proposed technique is based on both the wavelet and spatial domain-based algorithms by exploiting the advantages of both of the algorithms. A back projection with an iterative method is implemented to minimize the reconstruction error and for noise removal wavelet-based de-noising method is used. Previously, this technique has been followed for the grayscale images. In this proposed algorithm, the colored images are taken into account for super-resolution. The results of the proposed method have been examined both subjectively by observation of the results visually and objectively by considering the peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR) and mean squared error (MSE), which gives significant results and visually better in quality from the bi-cubic interpolation technique.

Gaussian Noised Single-Image Super Resolution Reconstruction

2013 ◽  
Vol 457-458 ◽  
pp. 1032-1036
Author(s):  
Feng Qing Qin ◽  
Li Hong Zhu ◽  
Li Lan Cao ◽  
Wa Nan Yang
Keyword(s):  
Gaussian Noise ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Super Resolution ◽  
Projection Algorithm ◽  
Single Image ◽  
Low Resolution ◽  
Filtering Algorithm ◽  
Resolution Image ◽  
Image Super Resolution ◽  
Single Image Super Resolution

A framework is proposed to reconstruct a super resolution image from a single low resolution image with Gaussian noise. The degrading processes of Gaussian blur, down-sampling, and Gaussian noise are all considered. For the low resolution image, the Gaussian noise is reduced through Wiener filtering algorithm. For the de-noised low resolution image, iterative back projection algorithm is used to reconstruct a super resolution image. Experiments show that de-noising plays an important part in single-image super resolution reconstruction. In the super reconstructed image, the Gaussian noise is reduced effectively and the peak signal to noise ratio (PSNR) is increased.

Single-Image Super Resolution Reconstruction with Pepper and Salt Noise

2013 ◽  
Vol 427-429 ◽  
pp. 1817-1821
Author(s):  
Feng Qing Qin ◽  
Li Hong Zhu ◽  
Li Lan Cao ◽  
Wa Nan Yang
Keyword(s):  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Super Resolution ◽  
Projection Algorithm ◽  
Single Image ◽  
Low Resolution ◽  
Resolution Image ◽  
Imaging Model ◽  
Resolution Imaging ◽  
Image Super Resolution ◽  
Single Image Super Resolution

In order to improve the resolution of single image with Pepper and Salt noise, a framework is proposed. In the low resolution imaging model, the Gaussian blur, down-sampling, as well as Pepper and Salt noise are considered. For the low resolution image, the Pepper and Salt noise is reduced through median filtering method. Super resolution reconstruction is performed on the de-noised low resolution image by iterative back projection algorithm. Experimental results show that the Pepper and Salt noise are removed effectively and the peak signal to noise ratio (PSNR) of the super resolution reconstructed image is improved.

scholarly journals Suitability of Single Image Super-Resolution Models for Video Super-Resolution

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 368-371
Keyword(s):  
Video Compression ◽  
Super Resolution ◽  
Generative Adversarial Networks ◽  
Single Image ◽  
Low Resolution ◽  
Huge Impact ◽  
Resolution Problem ◽  
Image Super Resolution ◽  
Single Image Super Resolution ◽  
Low Resolution Images

This project is an attempt to understand the suitability of the Single image super resolution models to video super resolution. Super Resolution refers to the process of enhancing the quality of low resolution images and video. Single image super resolution algorithms refer to those algorithms that can be applied on a single image to enhance its resolution. Whereas, video super resolution algorithms are those algorithms that are applied to a sequence of frames/images that constitute a video to enhance its resolution. In this paper we determine whether single image super resolution models can be applied to videos as well. When images are simply resized in Open CV, the traditional methods such as Interpolation are used which approximate the values of new pixels based on nearby pixel values which leave much to be desired in terms of visual quality, as the details (e.g. sharp edges) are often not preserved. We use deep learning techniques such as GANs (Generative Adversarial Networks) to train a model to output high resolution images from low resolution images. In this paper we analyse suitability of SRGAN and EDSR network architectures which are widely used and are popular for single image super resolution problem. We quantify the performance of these models, provide a method to evaluate and compare the models. We further draw a conclusion on the suitability and extent to which these models may be used for video super resolution. If found suitable this can have huge impact including but not limited to video compression, embedded models in end devices to enhance video output quality.

scholarly journals A Sparse Analysis-Based Single Image Super-Resolution

Computers ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vahid Anari ◽  
Farbod Razzazi ◽  
Rasoul Amirfattahi
Keyword(s):  
Computational Complexity ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Similarity Index ◽  
Super Resolution ◽  
Structural Similarity ◽  
Image Texture ◽  
Single Image ◽  
Low Resolution ◽  
Image Super Resolution ◽  
Single Image Super Resolution

In the current study, we were inspired by sparse analysis signal representation theory to propose a novel single-image super-resolution method termed “sparse analysis-based super resolution” (SASR). This study presents and demonstrates mapping between low and high resolution images using a coupled sparse analysis operator learning method to reconstruct high resolution (HR) images. We further show that the proposed method selects more informative high and low resolution (LR) learning patches based on image texture complexity to train high and low resolution operators more efficiently. The coupled high and low resolution operators are used for high resolution image reconstruction at a low computational complexity cost. The experimental results for quantitative criteria peak signal to noise ratio (PSNR), root mean square error (RMSE), structural similarity index (SSIM) and elapsed time, human observation as a qualitative measure, and computational complexity verify the improvements offered by the proposed SASR algorithm.

scholarly journals Multi-scale Xception based depthwise separable convolution for single image super-resolution

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (8) ◽  
pp. e0249278
Author(s):  
Wazir Muhammad ◽  
Supavadee Aramvith ◽  
Takao Onoye
Keyword(s):  
Research Work ◽  
Super Resolution ◽  
Single Image ◽  
Low Resolution ◽  
Significant Drop ◽  
Great Ability ◽  
Resolution Image ◽  
Significant Performance ◽  
Image Super Resolution ◽  
Single Image Super Resolution

The main target of Single image super-resolution is to recover high-quality or high-resolution image from degraded version of low-quality or low-resolution image. Recently, deep learning-based approaches have achieved significant performance in image super-resolution tasks. However, existing approaches related with image super-resolution fail to use the features information of low-resolution images as well as do not recover the hierarchical features for the final reconstruction purpose. In this research work, we have proposed a new architecture inspired by ResNet and Xception networks, which enable a significant drop in the number of network parameters and improve the processing speed to obtain the SR results. We are compared our proposed algorithm with existing state-of-the-art algorithms and confirmed the great ability to construct HR images with fine, rich, and sharp texture details as well as edges. The experimental results validate that our proposed approach has robust performance compared to other popular techniques related to accuracy, speed, and visual quality.

An Improved Iterative Back Projection Based Single Image Super Resolution Approach

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (04) ◽  
pp. 1450015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milan N. Bareja ◽  
Chintan K. Modi
Keyword(s):  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Super Resolution ◽  
Absolute Error ◽  
Back Projection ◽  
Single Image ◽  
Edge Preserving ◽  
Difference Image ◽  
Image Super Resolution ◽  
Single Image Super Resolution ◽  
Iterative Back Projection

In this paper, an effort is made to propose an effective image super resolution (SR) approach to recover a high resolution (HR) image from a single low resolution (LR) image. This approach is based on an iterative back projection (IBP) method with the edge preserving infinite symmetric exponential filter (ISEF) and difference image. Amalgamation of ISEF and difference image provides high frequency information. This approach is applied on different type of images and compared results with different existing image SR approaches. Simulation results demonstrate that proposed approach can more precisely enlarge the LR image. This proposed approach decreases mean square error (MSE) and mean absolute error (MAE) and increases the peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR) significantly compared to other existing approaches.

scholarly journals Single-Image Super-Resolution of Sentinel-2 Low Resolution Bands with Residual Dense Convolutional Neural Networks

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (24) ◽  
pp. 5007
Author(s):  
Luis Salgueiro ◽  
Javier Marcello ◽  
Verónica Vilaplana
Keyword(s):  
Neural Networks ◽  
Convolutional Neural Networks ◽  
Super Resolution ◽  
Superior Performance ◽  
Single Image ◽  
Low Resolution ◽  
Spatial Coverage ◽  
Image Super Resolution ◽  
Single Image Super Resolution ◽  
Sentinel 2

Sentinel-2 satellites have become one of the main resources for Earth observation images because they are free of charge, have a great spatial coverage and high temporal revisit. Sentinel-2 senses the same location providing different spatial resolutions as well as generating a multi-spectral image with 13 bands of 10, 20, and 60 m/pixel. In this work, we propose a single-image super-resolution model based on convolutional neural networks that enhances the low-resolution bands (20 m and 60 m) to reach the maximal resolution sensed (10 m) at the same time, whereas other approaches provide two independent models for each group of LR bands. Our proposed model, named Sen2-RDSR, is made up of Residual in Residual blocks that produce two final outputs at maximal resolution, one for 20 m/pixel bands and the other for 60 m/pixel bands. The training is done in two stages, first focusing on 20 m bands and then on the 60 m bands. Experimental results using six quality metrics (RMSE, SRE, SAM, PSNR, SSIM, ERGAS) show that our model has superior performance compared to other state-of-the-art approaches, and it is very effective and suitable as a preliminary step for land and coastal applications, as studies involving pixel-based classification for Land-Use-Land-Cover or the generation of vegetation indices.

scholarly journals Single Image Super-Resolution viaL0Image Smoothing

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhang Liu ◽  
Qi Huang ◽  
Jian Li ◽  
Qi Wang
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Super Resolution ◽  
Smoothing Method ◽  
Single Image ◽  
Low Resolution ◽  
Resolution Image ◽  
High Resolution Image ◽  
Sharp Edges ◽  
Image Super Resolution ◽  
Single Image Super Resolution

We propose a single image super-resolution method based on aL0smoothing approach. We consider a low-resolution image as two parts: one is the smooth image generated by theL0smoothing method and the other is the error image between the low-resolution image and the smoothing image. We get an intermediate high-resolution image via a classical interpolation and then generate a high-resolution smoothing image with sharp edges by theL0smoothing method. For the error image, a learning-based super-resolution approach, keeping image details well, is employed to obtain a high-resolution error image. The resulting high-resolution image is the sum of the high-resolution smoothing image and the high-resolution error image. Experimental results show the effectiveness of the proposed method.

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