Image restoration using variational PDE-based neural network

Abstract

In this paper we present two novel image restoration algorithms based on a modified Hopfield neural network and variational partial differential equations (PDE). The first algorithm is based on a harmonic model and the other is based on a total variation model. Both algorithms can restore the degraded images and preserve the edges. The experimental results show that our algorithms are better than other known neural network-based restoration algorithms, especially when images mainly consist of edges, such as letters.