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Method of and system for customized image denoising with model interpretations

US11790492B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateDec 17, 2020
Grant dateOct 17, 2023
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Expiry dateDec 1, 2041

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/30168
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

There is provided a method and a system for customized image denoising with interpretability. A deep neural network (NN) is trained to denoise an image on a training dataset including pairs of noisy and corresponding clean images acquired from an imaging apparatus, where during the training a structured covariance score (SCS) indicative of a performance of the deep NN in recovering content of corresponding clean images relative to the denoised image is determined based on sparse conditional correlations. A test noisy image is received and denoised by the deep NN. A user feedback score indicative of user satisfaction of the denoising is obtained. A quality parameter is obtained based on the SCS and a quality metric indicative of denoised image quality is obtained from a pretrained NN, and compared with the user feedback score. If the SCS is above the user feedback score, the deep NN is provided for denoising.

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