Deep learning on image denoising: An overview.

Journal: Neural networks : the official journal of the International Neural Network Society
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Abstract

Deep learning techniques have received much attention in the area of image denoising. However, there are substantial differences in the various types of deep learning methods dealing with image denoising. Specifically, discriminative learning based on deep learning can ably address the issue of Gaussian noise. Optimization models based on deep learning are effective in estimating the real noise. However, there has thus far been little related research to summarize the different deep learning techniques for image denoising. In this paper, we offer a comparative study of deep techniques in image denoising. We first classify the deep convolutional neural networks (CNNs) for additive white noisy images; the deep CNNs for real noisy images; the deep CNNs for blind denoising and the deep CNNs for hybrid noisy images, which represents the combination of noisy, blurred and low-resolution images. Then, we analyze the motivations and principles of the different types of deep learning methods. Next, we compare the state-of-the-art methods on public denoising datasets in terms of quantitative and qualitative analyses. Finally, we point out some potential challenges and directions of future research.

Authors

  • Chunwei Tian
    Bio-Computing Research Center, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, China; Shenzhen Medical Biometrics Perception and Analysis Engineering Laboratory, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, China.
  • Lunke Fei
    Bio-Computing Research Center, Shenzhen Graduate School, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, Guangdong, China.
  • Wenxian Zheng
    Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055, Guangdong, China.
  • Yong Xu
    Department of Psychiatry, The First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.
  • Wangmeng Zuo
  • Chia-Wen Lin
    Department of Electrical Engineering and the Institute of Communications Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.