结合基于梯度的振铃评价算法的总变分最小化图像分块复原法

为了消除退化函数随空间变化发生变化模糊图像分块复原法子块之间的不平滑拼接缝,提出了一种结合了基于梯度的振铃评价算法梯度振铃评价(GRM)的总变分(TV)最小化分块复原法.根据图像分布及退化类型将模糊图像划分为矩形、环形或其他形状的子块,图像子块之间要留有一定的重叠区;然后对每一个图像子块进行复原,GRM方法是基于图像梯度结构相似度的图像质量评价算法,以GRM作为TV复原算法迭代过程中的收敛条件,可以更好地控制复原图像的振铃;最后去除复原图像子块含振铃波纹的重叠区,拼接得到完整图像.并以矩形分块及环形分块为例,证明该方法可以很好地抑制图像边界振铃效应,克服分块复原法本身的缺陷,得到拼接平滑的完整图像.     

An improved image deconvolution approach using local constraint

Conventional deblurring approaches such as the Richardson–Lucy (RL) algorithm will introduce strong noise and ringing artifacts, though the point spread function (PSF) is known. Since it is difficult to estimate an accurate PSF in real imaging system, the results of those algorithms will be worse. A spatial weight matrix (SWM) is adopted as local constraint, which is incorporated into image statistical prior to improve the RL approach. Experiments show that our approach can make a good balance between preserving image details and suppressing ringing artifacts and noise.     

Bayesian image processing in magnetic resonance imaging.

In the past several years, image processing techniques based on Bayesian models have received considerable attention. In our earlier work, we developed a novel Bayesian approach which was primarily aimed at the processing and reconstruction of images in positron emission tomography. In this paper, we describe how the technique has been adopted to process magnetic resonance images in order to reduce noise and artifacts, thereby improving image quality. In this framework, the image is assumed to be a statistical variable whose posterior probability density conditional on the observed image is modeled by the product of the likelihood function of the observed data with a prior density based our prior knowledge. A Gibbs random field incorporating local continuity information and with edge-detection capability is used as the prior model. Based on the formalism of the posterior density, we can compute an estimate of the image using an iterative technique. We have implemented this technique and applied it to phantom and clinical images. Our results indicate that the approach works reasonably well for reducing noise, enhancing edges, and removing ringing artifact.     

基于指导滤波的图像盲复原算法

作为图像处理领域的重要分支和研究热点之一, 图像复原方法 的研究始终具有重要理论意义和广泛的应用价值, 图像盲复原一直以来都 是图像复原中比较困难的问题之一. 针对相机与所拍摄景物之间由于相对 位置移动而使所获得图像发生运动模糊的情况, 本文提出了一种基于指导滤波 的图像盲复原算法. 我们首先通过频域迭代算法对点扩散函数 进行估计. 然后, 由于指导滤波具有较好的保持图像边缘的特性, 我们应用基于指导滤波的图像非盲复原算法恢复目标图像. 对以上两步进行反复迭代, 直到获得最终的清晰图像. 为了验证本文所提算法的有效性, 给出了多组对比实验. 实验结果表明, 本文所提算法能够在有效地抑制噪声和振铃 效应的同时, 还能够更好的保持图像的边缘和纹理细节. 因此, 本文算法可以获得更高质量的复原图像.     

Improved depiction of small anatomic structures in MR images using Gaussian-weighted spirals and zero-filled interpolation

Partial-volume artifacts reduce the contrast and continuity of small structures in magnetic resonance images. Zero-filled interpolation (ZFI) has been known for some time as a useful technique to reduce partial-volume artifacts and improve the appearance of small structures and edges. However, its use is limited by the fact that ZFI can exacerbate image artifacts. For example, it can exacerbate Gibbs ringing, also known as the truncation artifact, which manifests itself as spurious ringing around sharp edges. Currently, the most common technique to address this problem is post-acquisition filtering, which causes blurring in the image. Using ZFI in conjunction with a variable-density sampling method designed to reduce ringing is proposed as a possible solution to this problem. This approach is demonstrated with a Gaussian-weighted spiral and is compared to conventional spiral sampling both with and without the application of a filter used to reduce ringing. The two spiral sampling techniques are compared using simulations, phantom images, and in vivo brain images. The Gaussian-weighted spiral demonstrates reduced ringing without the loss of spatial resolution commonly associated with post-acquisition filtering. Additionally, this sampling technique is shown to work well in conjunction with ZFI to reduce partial-volume artifacts without the apparent increase in Gibbs ringing usually associated with zero-filled reconstruction. This approach will be most useful for imaging techniques such as MR angiography which are known to be sensitive to partial-volume effects, as well as when imaging anatomic regions associated with more severe Gibbs ringing.     

An improved Richardson-Lucy algorithm based on local prior

Ringing is one of the most common disturbing artifacts in image deconvolution. With a totally known kernel, the standard Richardson-Lucy (RL) algorithm succeeds in many motion deblurring processes, but the resulting images still contain visible ringing. When the estimated kernel is different from the real one, the result of the standard RL iterative algorithm will be worse. To suppress the ringing artifacts caused by failures in the blur kernel estimation, this paper improves the RL algorithm based on the local prior. Firstly, the standard deviation of pixels in the local window is computed to find the smooth region and the image gradient in the region is constrained to make its distribution consistent with the deblurring image gradient. Secondly, in order to suppress the ringing near the edge of a rigid body in the image, a new mask was obtained by computing the sharp edge of the image produced using the first step. If the kernel is large-scale, where the foreground is rigid and the background is smoothing, this step could produce a significant inhibitory effect on ringing artifacts. Thirdly, the boundary constraint is strengthened if the boundary is relatively smooth. As a result of the steps above, high-quality deblurred images can be obtained even when the estimated kernels are not perfectly accurate. On the basis of blurred images and the related kernel information taken by the additional hardware, our approach proved to be effective.     

An adaptive super-resolution method based on regional pixel information and ringing artifacts suppression

Multi-frame image super-resolution (SR) aims to utilize information from a set of low-resolution (LR) images to compose a high-resolution (HR) one. In this paper, a novel multi-frame image super-resolution algorithm is proposed based on regional pixel information and ringing artifacts suppression. Firstly, a new regularization term which adopts Regional Adaptive Weight Coefficients (RAWC) is produced to keep edges and flat regions. After detailed analysis, an iterative process is given for image reconstruction. Then an adaptive term according to the local variance of iterative correction image is designed to evaluate the ringing artifacts. Finally, the original iteration is updated by adding the restraint term for better visual effects and lower noise of reconstructive HR image. Thorough experimental results show the proposed algorithm is effective for SR reconstruction and ringing artifacts suppression.     

基于Markov约束的泊松最大后验概率超分辨率图象复原法

提出了基于Markov约束的泊松最大后验概率(Poisson-MAP)超分辨率图象复原方法(MPMAP),该方法把Poisson-MAP法和Markov随机场先验分布有机地结合在一起.实验表明,该方法能有效地减少和去除复原图象中的噪音和振荡条纹,提高图象复原质量,具有很好的超分辨率复原能力.     

Magnetic resonance image enhancement using stochastic resonance in Fourier domain

Objective

In general, low-field MRI scanners such as the 0.5- and 1-T ones produce images that are poor in quality. The motivation of this study was to lessen the noise and enhance the signal such that the image quality is improved. Here, we propose a new approach using stochastic resonance (SR)-based transform in Fourier space for the enhancement of magnetic resonance images of brain lesions, by utilizing an optimized level of Gaussian fluctuation that maximizes signal-to-noise ratio (SNR).

Materials and Methods

We acquired the T1-weighted MR image of the brain in DICOM format. We processed the original MR image using the proposed SR procedure. We then tested our approach on about 60 patients of different age groups with different lesions, such as arteriovenous malformation, benign lesion and malignant tumor, and illustrated the image enhancement by using just-noticeable difference visually as well as by utilizing the relative enhancement factor quantitatively.

Results

Our method can restore the original image from noisy image and optimally enhance the edges or boundaries of the tissues, clarify indistinct structural brain lesions without producing ringing artifacts, as well as delineate the edematous area, active tumor zone, lesion heterogeneity or morphology, and vascular abnormality. The proposed technique improves the enhancement factor better than the conventional techniques like the Wiener- and wavelet-based procedures.

Conclusions

The proposed method can readily enhance the image fusing a unique constructive interaction of noise and signal, and enables improved diagnosis over conventional methods. The approach well illustrates the novel potential of using a small amount of Gaussian noise to improve the image quality.     

多局部残差连接注意网络的图像去模糊

针对现有的基于卷积神经网络的图像去模糊算法存在图像纹理细节恢复不清晰的问题,提出了一种基于多局部残差连接注意网络的图像去模糊算法。首先,采用一个卷积层进行浅层特征提取;其次,设计了一种新的基于残差连接和并行注意机制的多局部残差连接注意模块,用于消除图像模糊并提取上下文信息;再次,采用一个基于扩张卷积的成对连接模块进行细节恢复;最后,利用一个卷积层重建清晰图像。实验结果表明：在GoPro数据集上的PSNR (peak signal to noise ratio)和SSIM (structure similarity)分别为31.83 dB、0.927 5,在定性和定量两方面都表明所提方法能够有效地恢复模糊图像的纹理细节,网络性能优于对比方法。     

Motion deblurring using edge map with blurred/noisy image pairs

Motion deblurring methods using blurred/noisy image pairs usually include denoising process of the noisy image. Because both remaining noise and distorted fine details in the denoised image cause an error on deblurring, we propose an algorithm using an edge map of the noisy image to retain sharp edge information while neglecting noise in any smooth region that does not contain information about the motion that occurred during the exposure. In addition, the blur kernel is efficiently estimated by employing the fast total variation regularization method for the gradients of blurred and noisy images only on edge regions. For latent image restoration, another fidelity term is added, which compares the gradients of the noisy and estimated latent images on edge regions to preserve the fine details of the noisy image. To model a sparse distribution of real-world image gradients, a deconvolution method imposing hyper-Laplacian priors based on an alternating minimization scheme is also derived to restore a latent image efficiently. Experimental results show that the peak signal-to-noise ratios of the restored images against the original latent images have been increased by 11.1% on average, when compared to the existing algorithms using an image pair.     

运动与离焦模糊图像的复原

在运动和离焦所引起的图像模糊的情况中,本文提出了一种新的基于霍夫变换区分离焦模糊和运动模糊两类模糊的方法.该方法通过比较霍夫变换矩阵中的亮点数来区分两类模糊,不仅正确率达到100%,而且抗干扰性能好;其次通过对运动模糊图像做两次方向微分,估计其模糊方向,提高了模糊方向的估计准确度;最后利用改进的Prewiit算子和费米函数计算模糊图像的刃边函数,进而得到图像的调制传递函数,再利用维纳滤波复原图像.实验结果表明:本文算法不仅具有有效性和强抗噪音能力,而且对图像的信噪比要求可以低到20 dB;与传统算法相比,提高了图像的复原质量.     

天文图像多帧盲反卷积收敛性的增强方法

天文图像多帧盲反卷积的收敛性受到初始目标、约束条件和光子噪声等因素的影响.提出了用实际光学成像系统参数确定频率带宽有限约束的方法.用Knox-Thompson 方法重构初始目标相位形成盲反卷积算法的初始目标函数.研究了一种新颖的有效减小光子噪声、边缘效应和振铃现象的方法.根据最大似然估计理论，用期望最大化的优化方法建立了改进的严格约束多帧盲反卷积算法.模拟图像和实际天文图像的复原结果表明，所建立的多帧盲反卷积，可以有效克服大气湍流和减小光子噪声，改善天文观察图像的分辨率，并部分消除光学系统衍射效应对恢复图像的影响. 关键词： 大气光学 天文观测 图像处理和恢复     

空间变化PSF非盲去卷积图像复原法综述

传统的图像复原一般认为点扩散函数(PSF)是空间不变的,实际光学系统由于受到像差等因素的影响,并非严格的线性空间不变系统,基于空间变化PSF的非盲去卷积图像复原法逐渐体现其优越性。空间变化PSF的非盲去卷积图像复原法先准确估计图像空间变化的PSF,再利用非盲去卷积算法对图像进行复原,有利于恢复出高质量图像。本文从算法的角度综述了近几年提出的基于空间变化PSF的非盲去卷积图像复原方法,并对比了基于强边缘预测估计PSF的非盲去卷积法、基于模糊噪声图像对PSF估计非盲去卷积法等算法的优缺点,各算法分别在PSF估计精确度、振铃效应抑制效果、适用范围等方面体现出各自的优劣。空间变化PSF的非盲去卷积图像复原法的研究,有利于推进图像复原技术向更高水平发展,使光学系统往轻小型化方向发展,从而在多个科学领域发挥其重要作用。     

探测器噪声对波前编码成像系统图像复原过程影响的理论研究

波前编码光学系统其成像过程由光学成像和图像复原两部分组成,光学成像过程探测器上所成的编码图像含有噪声,该噪声在图像复原过程将被放大,为了分析探测器噪声对波前编码系统在图像复原过程中产生的影响,通过添加高斯随机噪声来模拟探测器噪声,使用直接逆滤波、维纳滤波和Lucy—Richardson滤波算法,对波前编码成像系统焦点位...     

基于ZedBoard的超分辨率视频复原系统

为了实现超分辨率视频图像的实时复原,设计了以ZedBoard可编程片上系统为基础的超分辨率视频复原系统。系统包括基于V4L2(Video for Linux 2)的USB摄像头视频采集、基于小波变换的超分辨率复原算法处理和基于Qt的图形用户界面制作以及视频输出。采用双线性、双立方和小波变换算法分别对Lena图像进行复原处理,峰值信噪比PSNR值分别为29.516、29.843、31.368。实验结果表明,提出的基于小波的超分辨率复原算法优于传统的插值算法,基于ZedBoard的超分辨视频复原系统复原效果良好。     

Multifocus image fusion and denoising scheme based on homogeneity similarity

A novel image fusion algorithm based on homogeneity similarity is proposed in this paper, aiming at solving the fusion problem of clean and noisy multifocus images. Firstly, the initial fused image is acquired with one multiresolution image fusion method. The pixels of the source images, which are similar to the corresponding initial fused image pixels, are considered to be located in the sharply focused regions. By this method, the initial focused regions are determined. In order to improve the fusion performance, morphological opening and closing are employed for post-processing. Secondly, the homogeneity similarity is introduced and used to fuse the clean and noisy multifocus images. Finally, the fused image is obtained by weighting the neighborhood pixels of the point of source images which are located at the focused region. Experimental results demonstrate that, for the clean multifocus image fusion, the proposed method performs better than some popular image fusion methods in both subjective and objective qualities. Furthermore, it can simultaneously resolve the image restoration and fusion problem when the source multifocus images are corrupted by the Gaussian white noise, and can also provide better performance than the conventional methods.     

Multifocus image fusion based on features contrast of multiscale products in nonsubsampled contourlet transform domain

In this paper, an efficient multifocus image fusion approach is proposed based on local features contrast of multiscale products in nonsubsampled contourlet transform (NSCT) domain. In order to improve the robustness of the fusion algorithm to the noise and select the coefficients of the fused image properly, the multiscale products, which can distinguish edge structures from noise more effectively in NSCT domain, is developed and introduced into image fusion field. The selection principles of different subband coefficients obtained by the NSCT decomposition are discussed in detail. To improve the quality of the fused image, novel different local features contrast measurements, which are proved to be more suitable for human vision system and can extract more useful detail information from source images and inject them into the fused image, are developed and used to select coefficients from the clear parts of subimages to compose coefficients of fused images. Experimental results demonstrate the proposed method performs very well in fusion both noisy and noise-free multifocus images, and outperform conventional methods in terms of both visual quality and objective evaluation criteria.     

能量约束自适应迭代算法与光学像差复原

提出了一种新的适用于移变降质图像复原的算法——能量约束自适应迭代复原.算法采用能量约束复原的空域迭代形式,使其能够用于处理光学像差引起的移变降质复原问题;以局部能量约束取代总体能量约束,使算法具有空间自适应特性;并采用双通道处理方法,消除能量约束带来的图像亮度衰减,同时抑制图像边界截断引起的振荡波纹.场曲复原仿真实验结...     

惯性约束聚变中环孔编码图像恢复的改进维纳滤波方法

针对惯性约束聚变(ICF)中环形孔径编码图像的恢复问题提出了一种改进的维纳滤波方法。在传统的维纳滤波方法中,由于原图像和噪声是未知的,故通常是用某一待定常量来代替其中的噪声与信号的谱密度之比。这种近似忽视了信号与噪声本身的信息,从而造成丢失某些关键的细节,难以达到高质量的图像复原效果。在改进的方法中,首先采用传统维纳滤波方法求得初始估值,然后利用该初始值求得原图像及噪声的谱密度估值,进而利用这些新获得的信息构成改进的维纳滤波器对退化图像进行第二次滤波。实验表明,这种改进方法可以克服原方法的不足,突出图像的一些关键细节,提高图像的整体质量。在仿真实验中,恢复图像的均方误差降低了15％以上;在实际惯性约束聚变图像的解码恢复实验中,图像恢复效果亦有显著改善。该方法还可以推广到其他图像恢复的应用中。