Real-World Single Image Super-Resolution: A Brief Review

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2103.02368v1
• Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2021 12:41:44 GMT
• Title: Real-World Single Image Super-Resolution: A Brief Review
• Authors: Honggang Chen, Xiaohai He, Linbo Qing, Yuanyuan Wu, Chao Ren, Ce Zhu
• Abstract summary: Single image super-resolution (SISR) aims to reconstruct a high-resolution (HR) image from a low-resolution (LR) observation. Deep learning-based super-resolution approaches have drawn much attention and have greatly improved the reconstruction performance on synthetic data.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Single image super-resolution (SISR), which aims to reconstruct a high-resolution (HR) image from a low-resolution (LR) observation, has been an active research topic in the area of image processing in recent decades. Particularly, deep learning-based super-resolution (SR) approaches have drawn much attention and have greatly improved the reconstruction performance on synthetic data. Recent studies show that simulation results on synthetic data usually overestimate the capacity to super-resolve real-world images. In this context, more and more researchers devote themselves to develop SR approaches for realistic images. This article aims to make a comprehensive review on real-world single image super-resolution (RSISR). More specifically, this review covers the critical publically available datasets and assessment metrics for RSISR, and four major categories of RSISR methods, namely the degradation modeling-based RSISR, image pairs-based RSISR, domain translation-based RSISR, and self-learning-based RSISR. Comparisons are also made among representative RSISR methods on benchmark datasets, in terms of both reconstruction quality and computational efficiency. Besides, we discuss challenges and promising research topics on RSISR.

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