KernelFlexSR: a self-adaptive super-resolution algorithm with multi-path convolution and residual network for dynamic kernel enhancement

Author:

Zhang HaotianORCID,Teng Long,Wang Youyi,Qu Hang,Tang Chak-yin

Abstract

AbstractMachine learning-based image super-resolution (SR) has garnered increasing research interest in recent years. However, there are two issues that have not been adequately addressed. The first issue is that existing SR methods often overlook the importance of improving the quality of the training dataset, which is a crucial factor in determining SR performance, regardless of the training method employed. The second issue is that while some studies report high numerical metrics, the visual results remain unsatisfactory. To address the first problem, we propose a new image down-sampling method to obtain higher-quality training datasets. To tackle the second problem, we present a new image super-resolution model based on a large-size convolution kernel and a multi-path algorithm. Specifically, we use an adaptive large-size convolutional kernel to extract features from the image based on the size of the input image, and a residual network to generate a deeper model to retain more details of the original input image. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed multilayer downsampling method (MDM) can significantly improve the visual quality compared to traditional downsampling methods. Moreover, our proposed method achieves the best peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR) and structural similarity (SSIM) values compared to several typical SR algorithms. Furthermore, subjective evaluation by human observers reveals that our method retains more details of the original image and produces smoother high-resolution images. Our proposed method effectively addresses the two aforementioned issues, which leads to improved SR performance in terms of both quantitative and qualitative measures.

Funder

Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Computer Networks and Communications,Hardware and Architecture,Media Technology,Software

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