A nonlocal Weickert type PDE applied to multi-frame super-resolution

Abstract

<p style='text-indent:20px;'>In this paper, we propose a nonlocal Weickert type PDE for the multiframe super-resolution task. The proposed PDE can not only preserve singularities and edges while smoothing, but also can keep safe the texture much better. This PDE is based on the nonlocal setting of the anisotropic diffusion behavior by constructing a nonlocal term of Weickert type, which is known by its coherence enhancing diffusion tensor properties. A mathematical study concerning the well-posedness of the nonlocal PDE is also investigated with an appropriate choice of the functional space. This PDE has demonstrated its efficiency by combining the diffusion process of Perona-Malik in the flat regions and the anisotropic diffusion of the Weickert model near strong edges, as well as the ability of the non-local term to preserve the texture. The elaborated experimental results give a great insight into the effectiveness of the proposed nonlocal PDE compared to some PDEs, visually and quantitatively.