Abstract
Image super-resolution (SR) is a significant technique in image processing as it enhances the spatial resolution of images, enabling various downstream applications. Based on recent achievements in SR studies in computer vision, deep-learning-based SR methods have been widely investigated for remote sensing images. In this study, we proposed a two-stage approach called bicubic-downsampled low-resolution (LR) image-guided generative adversarial network (BLG-GAN) for remote sensing image super-resolution. The proposed BLG-GAN method divides the image super-resolution procedure into two stages: LR image transfer and super-resolution. In the LR image transfer stage, real-world LR images are restored to less blurry and noisy bicubic-like LR images using guidance from synthetic LR images obtained through bicubic downsampling. Subsequently, the generated bicubic-like LR images are used as inputs to the SR network, which learns the mapping between the bicubic-like LR image and the corresponding high-resolution (HR) image. By approaching the SR problem as finding optimal solutions for subproblems, the BLG-GAN achieves superior results compared to state-of-the-art models, even with a smaller overall capacity of the SR network. As the BLG-GAN utilizes a synthetic LR image as a bridge between real-world LR and HR images, the proposed method shows improved image quality compared to the SR models trained to learn the direct mapping from a real-world LR image to an HR image. Experimental results on HR satellite image datasets demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method in improving perceptual quality and preserving image fidelity.
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