Coupled variational image decomposition and restoration model for blurred cartoon-plus-texture images with missing pixels

Kwok Po Ng*, Xiaoming Yuan, Wenxing Zhang

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Abstract

In this paper, we develop a decomposition model to restore blurred images with missing pixels. Our assumption is that the underlying image is the superposition of cartoon and texture components. We use the total variation norm and its dual norm to regularize the cartoon and texture, respectively. We recommend an efficient numerical algorithm based on the splitting versions of augmented Lagrangian method to solve the problem. Theoretically, the existence of a minimizer to the energy function and the convergence of the algorithm are guaranteed. In contrast to recently developed methods for deblurring images, the proposed algorithm not only gives the restored image, but also gives a decomposition of cartoon and texture parts. These two parts can be further used in segmentation and inpainting problems. Numerical comparisons between this algorithm and some state-of-the-art methods are also reported.

Original languageEnglish
Article number6459598
Pages (from-to)2233-2246
Number of pages14
JournalIEEE Transactions on Image Processing
Volume22
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2013

Scopus Subject Areas

  • Software
  • Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design

User-Defined Keywords

  • Cartoon and texture
  • deblurring
  • image decomposition
  • variable splitting method

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