Parameter estimation in spike and slab variational inference for blind image deconvolution

Juan G. Serra, Javier Mateos, Rafael Molina, Aggelos K. Katsaggelos

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Abstract

Most current state of the art blind image deconvolution methods model the underlying image (either in the image or filter space) using sparsity promoting priors and perform inference, that is, image, blur, and parameter estimation using variational approximation. In this paper we propose the use of the spike-and-slab prior model in the filter space and a variational posterior approximation more expressive than mean field. The spike-and-slab prior model, which is the "gold-standard" in sparse machine learning, has the ability to selectively shrink irrelevant variables while relevant variables are mildly regularized. This allows to discard irrelevant information while preserving important features for the estimation of the blur which results in more precise and less noisy blur kernel estimates. In this paper we present a variational inference algorithm for estimating the blur in the filter space, which is both more efficient than MCMC and more accurate than the standard mean field variational approximation. The parameters of the prior model are automatically estimated together with the blur. Once the blur is estimated, a non-blind image restoration algorithm is used to obtain the sharp image. We prove the efficacy of our method on both synthetically generated and real images.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication25th European Signal Processing Conference, EUSIPCO 2017
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1495-1499
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9780992862671
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 23 2017
Event25th European Signal Processing Conference, EUSIPCO 2017 - Kos, Greece
Duration: Aug 28 2017Sep 2 2017

Publication series

Name25th European Signal Processing Conference, EUSIPCO 2017
Volume2017-January

Other

Other25th European Signal Processing Conference, EUSIPCO 2017
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityKos
Period8/28/179/2/17

Funding

This work was supported in part by the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad under contracts TIN2013-43880-R and DPI2016-77869-C2- 2-R, and the US Department of Energy grant DE-NA0002520.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Signal Processing

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