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OODDiffusion: A deep diffusion-based blind image super resolution scheme using out-of-distribution learning and controllable sampling process

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Sepehr Ghamari
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Alireza Esmaeilzehi
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M. Omair Ahmad *
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M.N.S. Swamy
DOI:10.1016/j.imavis.2026.106076delete
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• We adapt the decomposed confidence formulation for out-of-distribution detection to the BSR setting by incorporating a feature stability signal, enabling degradation-aware detection beyond conventional output-level confidence. • We propose an OOD-guided diffusion framework with explicit routing, where the detected distribution (ID vs. OOD) determines the sampling strategy for restoration. • We develop an adaptive noise scheduling strategy for OOD degradations based on a sigmoid-weighted schedule that emphasizes mid diffusion timesteps, improving robustness to degradation-distribution mismatch. • Extensive experiments demonstrate that the proposed method achieves strong performance compared to recent diffusion-based blind SR approaches, particularly on perceptual and no-reference quality metrics.

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Image and Vision Computing
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Concordia University
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university of toronto
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