EquiReg: Equivariance Regularized Diffusion for Inverse Problems

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2505.22973v1
• Date: Thu, 29 May 2025 01:25:43 GMT
• Title: EquiReg: Equivariance Regularized Diffusion for Inverse Problems
• Authors: Bahareh Tolooshams, Aditi Chandrashekar, Rayhan Zirvi, Abbas Mammadov, Jiachen Yao, Chuwei Wang, Anima Anandkumar,
• Abstract summary: We propose EquiReg diffusion, a framework for regularizing posterior sampling in diffusion-based inverse problem solvers.<n>When applied to a variety of solvers, EquiReg outperforms state-of-the-art diffusion models in both linear and nonlinear image restoration tasks.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Diffusion models represent the state-of-the-art for solving inverse problems such as image restoration tasks. In the Bayesian framework, diffusion-based inverse solvers incorporate a likelihood term to guide the prior sampling process, generating data consistent with the posterior distribution. However, due to the intractability of the likelihood term, many current methods rely on isotropic Gaussian approximations, which lead to deviations from the data manifold and result in inconsistent, unstable reconstructions. We propose Equivariance Regularized (EquiReg) diffusion, a general framework for regularizing posterior sampling in diffusion-based inverse problem solvers. EquiReg enhances reconstructions by reweighting diffusion trajectories and penalizing those that deviate from the data manifold. We define a new distribution-dependent equivariance error, empirically identify functions that exhibit low error for on-manifold samples and higher error for off-manifold samples, and leverage these functions to regularize the diffusion sampling process. When applied to a variety of solvers, EquiReg outperforms state-of-the-art diffusion models in both linear and nonlinear image restoration tasks, as well as in reconstructing partial differential equations.

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