Measuring the performance of super-resolution reconstruction algorithms

Judith Dijk; Klamer Schutte; Adam W. M. van Eekeren; Piet Bijl

doi:10.1117/12.919225

18 May 2012 Measuring the performance of super-resolution reconstruction algorithms

Judith Dijk, Klamer Schutte, Adam W. M. van Eekeren, Piet Bijl

Proceedings Volume 8355, Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing XXIII; 835515 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.919225
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2012, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Abstract

For many military operations situational awareness is of great importance. This situational awareness and related tasks such as Target Acquisition can be acquired using cameras, of which the resolution is an important characteristic. Super resolution reconstruction algorithms can be used to improve the effective sensor resolution. In order to judge these algorithms and the conditions under which they operate best, performance evaluation methods are necessary. This evaluation, however, is not straightforward for several reasons. First of all, frequency-based evaluation techniques alone will not provide a correct answer, due to the fact that they are unable to discriminate between structure-related and noise-related effects. Secondly, most super-resolution packages perform additional image enhancement techniques such as noise reduction and edge enhancement. As these algorithms improve the results they cannot be evaluated separately. Thirdly, a single high-resolution ground truth is rarely available. Therefore, evaluation of the differences in high resolution between the estimated high resolution image and its ground truth is not that straightforward. Fourth, different artifacts can occur due to super-resolution reconstruction, which are not known on forehand and hence are difficult to evaluate. In this paper we present a set of new evaluation techniques to assess super-resolution reconstruction algorithms. Some of these evaluation techniques are derived from processing on dedicated (synthetic) imagery. Other evaluation techniques can be evaluated on both synthetic and natural images (real camera data). The result is a balanced set of evaluation algorithms that can be used to assess the performance of super-resolution reconstruction algorithms.

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Judith Dijk, Klamer Schutte, Adam W. M. van Eekeren, and Piet Bijl "Measuring the performance of super-resolution reconstruction algorithms", Proc. SPIE 8355, Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing XXIII, 835515 (18 May 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.919225

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