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WDFSR: Normalizing Flow based on Wavelet-Domain for Super-Resolution

Song, Chao; Li, Shaobang; Li, Frederick W. B.; Yang, Bailin

Authors

Chao Song

Shaobang Li

Bailin Yang



Abstract

We propose a Normalizing flow based on the wavelet framework for super-resolution called WDFSR. It learns the conditional distribution mapping between low-resolution images in the RGB domain and high-resolution images in the wavelet domain to generate high-resolution images of different styles simultaneously. To address the issue of some flow-based models being sensitive to datasets, resulting in training fluctuations that reduce the mapping ability of the model and weaken generalization, we designed a method that combines a T-distribution and QR decomposition layer. This method alleviates the problem while maintaining the model's ability to map different distributions and produce higher quality images. Good contextual conditional features can promote model training and enhance distribution mapping capabilities for conditional distribution mapping. Therefore, we propose a Refinement layer combined with an attention mechanism to refine and fuse the extracted condition features for improving image quality. Extensive experiments on many super-resolution datasets show that WDFSR outperforms most general CNN models and flow-based models in terms of PSNR and perception quality. We also demonstrate that our framework works well for other low-level vision tasks, such as low-light enhancement. The pre-trained models and source code with guidance for reference are available at https://github.com/Lisbegin/WDFSR.

Citation

Song, C., Li, S., Li, F. W. B., & Yang, B. (in press). WDFSR: Normalizing Flow based on Wavelet-Domain for Super-Resolution. Computational Visual Media,

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Aug 22, 2023
Deposit Date Sep 12, 2023
Journal Computational Visual Media
Print ISSN 2096-0433
Publisher SpringerOpen
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1735734
Publisher URL https://www.springer.com/journal/41095


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