Self-supervised conformal prediction for uncertainty quantification in Poisson imaging problems

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2502.19194v1
• Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2025 14:59:46 GMT
• Title: Self-supervised conformal prediction for uncertainty quantification in Poisson imaging problems
• Authors: Bernardin Tamo Amougou, Marcelo Pereyra, Barbara Pascal,
• Abstract summary: This paper presents a self-supervised conformal prediction method for Poisson imaging problems.<n>It uses Poisson Unbiased Risk Estor to eliminate the need for ground truth data.<n>The proposed method is demonstrated through numerical experiments on image denoising and deblurring.
• Score: 0.3481985817302898
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Image restoration problems are often ill-posed, leading to significant uncertainty in reconstructed images. Accurately quantifying this uncertainty is essential for the reliable interpretation of reconstructed images. However, image restoration methods often lack uncertainty quantification capabilities. Conformal prediction offers a rigorous framework to augment image restoration methods with accurate uncertainty quantification estimates, but it typically requires abundant ground truth data for calibration. This paper presents a self-supervised conformal prediction method for Poisson imaging problems which leverages Poisson Unbiased Risk Estimator to eliminate the need for ground truth data. The resulting self-calibrating conformal prediction approach is applicable to any Poisson linear imaging problem that is ill-conditioned, and is particularly effective when combined with modern self-supervised image restoration techniques trained directly on measurement data. The proposed method is demonstrated through numerical experiments on image denoising and deblurring; its performance are comparable to supervised conformal prediction methods relying on ground truth data.

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