Quantum-enhanced Computer Vision: Going Beyond Classical Algorithms

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2510.07317v1
• Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2025 17:59:51 GMT
• Title: Quantum-enhanced Computer Vision: Going Beyond Classical Algorithms
• Authors: Natacha Kuete Meli, Shuteng Wang, Marcel Seelbach Benkner, Michele Sasdelli, Tat-Jun Chin, Tolga Birdal, Michael Moeller, Vladislav Golyanik,
• Abstract summary: Quantum-enhanced Computer Vision (QeCV) is a new research field at the intersection of computer vision, machine learning and quantum computing.<n>It has high potential to transform how visual signals are processed and interpreted with the help of quantum computing.<n>This survey contributes to the existing literature on QeCV with a holistic review of this research field.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Quantum-enhanced Computer Vision (QeCV) is a new research field at the intersection of computer vision, optimisation theory, machine learning and quantum computing. It has high potential to transform how visual signals are processed and interpreted with the help of quantum computing that leverages quantum-mechanical effects in computations inaccessible to classical (i.e. non-quantum) computers. In scenarios where existing non-quantum methods cannot find a solution in a reasonable time or compute only approximate solutions, quantum computers can provide, among others, advantages in terms of better time scalability for multiple problem classes. Parametrised quantum circuits can also become, in the long term, a considerable alternative to classical neural networks in computer vision. However, specialised and fundamentally new algorithms must be developed to enable compatibility with quantum hardware and unveil the potential of quantum computational paradigms in computer vision. This survey contributes to the existing literature on QeCV with a holistic review of this research field. It is designed as a quantum computing reference for the computer vision community, targeting computer vision students, scientists and readers with related backgrounds who want to familiarise themselves with QeCV. We provide a comprehensive introduction to QeCV, its specifics, and methodologies for formulations compatible with quantum hardware and QeCV methods, leveraging two main quantum computational paradigms, i.e. gate-based quantum computing and quantum annealing. We elaborate on the operational principles of quantum computers and the available tools to access, program and simulate them in the context of QeCV. Finally, we review existing quantum computing tools and learning materials and discuss aspects related to publishing and reviewing QeCV papers, open challenges and potential social implications.

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