Improvement of a Subpixel Convolutional Neural Network for a Super-Resolution Image

Super-resolution technologies are one of the tools used in image restoration, which aims to obtain high-resolution content from low-resolution images. Super-resolution technology aims to increase the quality of a low-resolution image by reconstructing it. It is a useful technology, especially in con...

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Main Authors: Muhammed Fatih Ağalday, Ahmet Çinar
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Published: MDPI AG 2025-02-01
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description Super-resolution technologies are one of the tools used in image restoration, which aims to obtain high-resolution content from low-resolution images. Super-resolution technology aims to increase the quality of a low-resolution image by reconstructing it. It is a useful technology, especially in content where low-resolution images need to be enhanced. Super-resolution applications are used in areas such as face recognition, medical imaging, and satellite imaging. Deep neural network models used for single-image super-resolution are quite successful in terms of computational performance. In these models, low-resolution images are converted to high resolution using methods such as bicubic interpolation. Since the super-resolution process is performed in the high-resolution area, it adds a memory cost and computational complexity. In our proposed model, a low-resolution image is given as input to a convolutional neural network to reduce computational complexity. In this model, a subpixel convolution layer is presented that learns a series of filters to enhance low-resolution feature maps to high-resolution images. In our proposed model, convolution layers are added to the efficient subpixel convolutional neural network (ESPCN) model, and in order to prevent the lost gradient value, we transfer the feature information of the current layer from the previous layer to the next upper layer. The efficient subpixel convolutional neural network (R-ESPCN) model proposed in this paper is remodeled to reduce the time required for the real-time subpixel convolutional neural network to perform super-resolution operations on images. The results show that our method is significantly improved in accuracy and demonstrates the applicability of deep learning methods in the field of image data processing.
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spelling doaj-art-e3afbd1c9a674a61bd4cdec3042aed022025-08-20T02:04:34ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172025-02-01155245910.3390/app15052459Improvement of a Subpixel Convolutional Neural Network for a Super-Resolution ImageMuhammed Fatih Ağalday0Ahmet Çinar1Department of Computer Programing, Vocational School, Mardin Artuklu University, Mardin 47100, TürkiyeDepartment of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Fırat University, Elazığ 23000, TürkiyeSuper-resolution technologies are one of the tools used in image restoration, which aims to obtain high-resolution content from low-resolution images. Super-resolution technology aims to increase the quality of a low-resolution image by reconstructing it. It is a useful technology, especially in content where low-resolution images need to be enhanced. Super-resolution applications are used in areas such as face recognition, medical imaging, and satellite imaging. Deep neural network models used for single-image super-resolution are quite successful in terms of computational performance. In these models, low-resolution images are converted to high resolution using methods such as bicubic interpolation. Since the super-resolution process is performed in the high-resolution area, it adds a memory cost and computational complexity. In our proposed model, a low-resolution image is given as input to a convolutional neural network to reduce computational complexity. In this model, a subpixel convolution layer is presented that learns a series of filters to enhance low-resolution feature maps to high-resolution images. In our proposed model, convolution layers are added to the efficient subpixel convolutional neural network (ESPCN) model, and in order to prevent the lost gradient value, we transfer the feature information of the current layer from the previous layer to the next upper layer. The efficient subpixel convolutional neural network (R-ESPCN) model proposed in this paper is remodeled to reduce the time required for the real-time subpixel convolutional neural network to perform super-resolution operations on images. The results show that our method is significantly improved in accuracy and demonstrates the applicability of deep learning methods in the field of image data processing.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/5/2459subpixel convolutional neural networksuper-resolutionresidual networkimage reconstruction
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Improvement of a Subpixel Convolutional Neural Network for a Super-Resolution Image
Applied Sciences
subpixel convolutional neural network
super-resolution
residual network
image reconstruction
title Improvement of a Subpixel Convolutional Neural Network for a Super-Resolution Image
title_full Improvement of a Subpixel Convolutional Neural Network for a Super-Resolution Image
title_fullStr Improvement of a Subpixel Convolutional Neural Network for a Super-Resolution Image
title_full_unstemmed Improvement of a Subpixel Convolutional Neural Network for a Super-Resolution Image
title_short Improvement of a Subpixel Convolutional Neural Network for a Super-Resolution Image
title_sort improvement of a subpixel convolutional neural network for a super resolution image
topic subpixel convolutional neural network
super-resolution
residual network
image reconstruction
url https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/5/2459
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