Detail-Enhancing Framework for Reference-Based Image Super-Resolution

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2405.00431v1
• Date: Wed, 1 May 2024 10:27:22 GMT
• Title: Detail-Enhancing Framework for Reference-Based Image Super-Resolution
• Authors: Zihan Wang, Ziliang Xiong, Hongying Tang, Xiaobing Yuan,
• Abstract summary: We propose a Detail-Enhancing Framework (DEF) for reference-based super-resolution. Our proposed method achieves superior visual results while maintaining comparable numerical outcomes.
• Score: 8.899312174844725
• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Recent years have witnessed the prosperity of reference-based image super-resolution (Ref-SR). By importing the high-resolution (HR) reference images into the single image super-resolution (SISR) approach, the ill-posed nature of this long-standing field has been alleviated with the assistance of texture transferred from reference images. Although the significant improvement in quantitative and qualitative results has verified the superiority of Ref-SR methods, the presence of misalignment before texture transfer indicates room for further performance improvement. Existing methods tend to neglect the significance of details in the context of comparison, therefore not fully leveraging the information contained within low-resolution (LR) images. In this paper, we propose a Detail-Enhancing Framework (DEF) for reference-based super-resolution, which introduces the diffusion model to generate and enhance the underlying detail in LR images. If corresponding parts are present in the reference image, our method can facilitate rigorous alignment. In cases where the reference image lacks corresponding parts, it ensures a fundamental improvement while avoiding the influence of the reference image. Extensive experiments demonstrate that our proposed method achieves superior visual results while maintaining comparable numerical outcomes.

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