Wavelet-domain HMT-based image super-resolution

Abstract

In this paper we propose an image super-resolution algorithm using wavelet-domain hidden Markov tree (HMT) model. Wavelet-domain HMT models the dependencies of multiscale wavelet coefficients through the state probabilities of wavelet coefficients, whose distribution densities can be approximated by the Gaussian mixture. Because wavelet-domain HMT accurately characterizes the statistics of real-world images, we reasonably specify it as the prior distribution and then formulate the image super-resolution problem as a constrained optimization problem. And the cycle-spinning technique is used to suppress the artifacts that may exist in the reconstructed high-resolution images. Quantitative error analyses are provided and several experimental images are shown for subjective assessment.