Total cyclic variation and generalizations

Cremers D, Strekalovskiy E (2013)


Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2013

Journal

Book Volume: 47

Pages Range: 258-277

Journal Issue: 3

DOI: 10.1007/s10851-012-0396-1

Abstract

We introduce a general framework for regularization of signals with values in a cyclic structure, such as angles, phases or hue values. These include the total cyclic variation TVS1, as well as cyclic versions of quadratic regularization, Huber-TV and Mumford-Shah regularity. The key idea is to introduce a convex relaxation of the original non-convex optimization problem. The method handles the periodicity of values in a simple way, is invariant to cyclical shifts and has a number of other useful properties such as lower-semicontinuity. The framework allows general, possibly non-convex data terms. Experimental results are superior to those obtained without special care about wrapping interval end points. Moreover, we propose an equivalent formulation of the total cyclic variation which can be minimized with the same time and memory efficiency as the standard total variation. We show that discretized versions of these regularizers amount to NP-hard optimization problems. Nevertheless, the proposed framework provides optimal or near-optimal solutions in most practical applications. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media New York.

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APA:

Cremers, D., & Strekalovskiy, E. (2013). Total cyclic variation and generalizations. Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision, 47(3), 258-277. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10851-012-0396-1

MLA:

Cremers, Daniel, and Evgeny Strekalovskiy. "Total cyclic variation and generalizations." Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision 47.3 (2013): 258-277.

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