Computational Imaging

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Computational imaging studies how to acquire and reconstruct images when optics or sensors encode scenes indirectly, as in CT and MRI, lensless and single-pixel cameras, hyperspectral systems, event cameras, and photon-limited imaging. Methods range from physics-based inverse optimization and compressed sensing to deep unfolding, self-supervised learning, and diffusion or flow-based generative priors; many also co-design illumination, masks, exposure, or sensor layouts with reconstruction. Researchers assess fidelity, uncertainty, speed, and robustness in settings such as sparse-view tomography, demosaicing, depth estimation, and non-line-of-sight imaging, using both simulations and real hardware. A central tension is that learned priors can fill gaps in measurements but may hallucinate when the forward model or calibration is wrong, while accurate physics, reliable uncertainty estimates, and efficient inference remain challenging.

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  1. Measurement Geometry and Design for Trustworthy Generative Inverse Problems

    Jun 1, 2026Pengfei Jin, Na Li, Quanzheng LiComputational ImagingAccelerated MRI Reconstruction

    Center for Advanced Medical Computing and Analysis, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114 · School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02138

  2. Before the Shutter: Aesthetic and Actionable Portrait Photography Planning in 3D Scenes

    May 28, 2026Ruixiang Jiang, Chang Wen ChenComputational Imaging

    The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China

  3. Trajectory Constraints for Imaging Inverse Problems

    May 27, 2026Chaoyan Huang, Haijie Yuan, Bharath Subramanian +1Proximal OptimizationImage Reconstruction

    Department of Computational Mathematics, Science, & Engineering, Michigan State University · Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan · Department of Biomedical Engineering, Michigan State University

  4. Unbiased Diffusion Variational Inversion via Principled Posterior Matching

    May 24, 2026Weimin Bai, Yuxuan Gu, Yifei Wang +2Diffusion Model InversionBayesian Inverse Problems

    Peking University

  5. Moment-Reenacting: Inverse Motion Degradation with Cross-shutter Guidance

    May 21, 2026Xiang Ji, Guixu Lin, Zhengwei Yin +2Image DeblurringComputational Imaging

    Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Japan

  6. Dual-Integrated Low-Latency Single-Lens Infrared Computational Imaging for Object Detection

    May 21, 2026Xuquan Wang, Guishuo Yang, Dapeng Yan +5Infrared Object DetectionComputational Imaging

    MOE Key Laboratory of Advanced Micro-Structured Materials, the Institute of Precision Optical Engineering, School of Physics Science and Engineering, Tongji University, and the Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Digital Optics, Shanghai 200092, China · School of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250358, China, and the Shandong Engineering Research Center for Multimodal Computing and Intelligent Decision Making, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250358, China

  7. Next-Acceleration-Scale Prediction for Autoregressive MRI Reconstruction

    May 19, 2026Yilmaz Korkmaz, Vishal M. PatelVisual Autoregressive ModelsComputational Imaging

    Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD 21218, USA

  8. Beyond MMSE: Enhancing PnP Restoration with ProxiMAP

    May 12, 2026Kenta Vert, Giacomo Meanti, Scott Pesme +2Diffusion Models for Image RestorationComputational Imaging

    1Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Inria, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LJK · 2MaLGa Centre, DIBRIS, Università di Genova, MMS, Italian Institute of Technology, Genova, Italy

  9. UniISP: A Unified ISP Framework for Both Human and Machine Vision

    May 8, 2026Hanxi Li, Yao Cheng, Bo Zhang +1Computational Imaging

    Li Auto Inc.

  10. RayFormer: Modeling Inter- and Intra-Ray Similarity for NeRF-Based Video Snapshot Compressive Imaging

    Apr 30, 2026Yubo Dong, Danhua Liu, Anqi Li +1Image ReconstructionDynamic Scene Reconstruction

    Changzhi Medical College, Changzhi 046000, China · Engineering Research Centre for Intelligent Data Assisted Diagnosis and Treatment in Shanxi Province, Changzhi 046000, China · Uniwave Artificial Intelligence Technology Co., Ltd., Changzhi 046000, China +1

  11. Addressing Image Authenticity When Cameras Use Generative AI

    Apr 23, 2026Umar Masud, Abhijith Punnappurath, Luxi Zhao +2Computational ImagingImage Restoration

    University of Toronto · 2AI Center–Toronto, Samsung Electronics.

  12. Broadband Wide Field of View Imaging with Computational Mirrors

    Apr 22, 2026Vishwanath Saragadam, Niki Nezakati, Amit Roy-Chowdhury +1Computational ImagingImage Restoration

    University of California Riverside · Rice University

  13. Deep Image Prior for photoacoustic tomography can mitigate limited-view artifacts

    Apr 21, 2026Hanna Pulkkinen, Jenni Poimala, Leonid Kunyansky +2Deep Image PriorMedical Imaging

    1Research Unit of Mathematical Sciences, University of Oulu, Finland · Department of Technical Physics, University of Eastern Finland, Finland · Department of Mathematics, University of Arizona, USA +2

  14. MyoVision: A Mobile Research Tool and NEATBoost-Attention Ensemble Framework for Real Time Chicken Breast Myopathy Detection

    Apr 15, 2026Chaitanya Pallerla, Siavash Mahmoudi, Dongyi WangEnsemble LearningComputational Imaging

    Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR · Department of Food Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

  15. Ultra-low-light computer vision using trained photon correlations

    Apr 13, 2026Mandar M. Sohoni, Jérémie Laydevant, Mathieu Ouellet +7Computational Imaging

    School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA · NTT Physics and Informatics Laboratories, NTT Research Inc., Sunnyvale, CA 94085, USA · Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA +2

  16. How to Design a Compact High-Throughput Video Camera?

    Apr 12, 2026Chenxi Qiu, Tao Yue, Xuemei HuComputational ImagingImage Reconstruction

    Nanjing University

  17. Physics-Informed Synthetic Dataset and Denoising TIE-Reconstructed Phase Maps in Transient Flows Using Deep Learning

    Apr 12, 2026Krishna Rajput, Vipul Gupta, Sudheesh K. Rajput +1Computational ImagingImage Denoising

    Babu Banarasi Das University, 111, Faizabad Rd, Atif Vihar, Lucknow, Uttardhona, Uttar Pradesh 226028, India · Department of Engineering Physics, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation (KLEF) Vaddeswaram, 522302, Guntur, AP, India · Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8585, Japan

  18. Compact single-shot ranging and near-far imaging using metasurfaces

    Apr 11, 2026Junjie Luo, Yuxuan Liu, Wei Ting Chen +2Depth EstimationComputational Imaging

    Purdue University, 501 Northwestern Ave, West Lafayette, IN, 47906 · SNOChip INC., 98 Marion Dr, Plainsboro, NJ, 08536

  19. Enhanced Self-Supervised Multi-Image Super-Resolution for Camera Array Images

    Apr 8, 2026Yating Chen, Feng Huang, Xianyu Wu +2Autoregressive Image Super-ResolutionImage Super-Resolution

    Department of Precision Instruments, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China. · School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, China.

  20. Physics-Informed Untrained Learning for RGB-Guided Superresolution Single-Pixel Hyperspectral Imaging

    Apr 4, 2026Hao Zhang, Bilige Xu, Lichen Wei +2Hyperspectral Image ReconstructionHyperspectral Imaging

    College of Science, Northwest Agriculture & Forestry University, Yangling 712100, China · Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic Imaging Technology and System, School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China · State Key Laboratory of Digital Manufacturing Equipment and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China

  21. Setup-Independent Full Projector Compensation

    Apr 2, 2026Haibo Li, Qingyue Deng, Jijiang Li +2Computational Imaging

    Southwest University · Westlake University

  22. Towards Minimal Focal Stack in Shape from Focus

    Apr 2, 2026Khurram Ashfaq, Muhammad Tariq MahmoodDepth EstimationComputational Imaging

    Korea University of Technology and Education

  23. Universal computational thermal imaging overcoming the ghosting effect

    Apr 2, 2026Hongyi Xu, Du Wang, Chenjun Zhao +6Thermal ImagingComputational Imaging

    Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, School of Engineering and Research Center for Industries of the Future, Westlake University, Hangzhou 310030, China · State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping, and Remote Sensing, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China · Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China +4

  24. UCMNet: Uncertainty-Aware Context Memory Network for Under-Display Camera Image Restoration

    Apr 1, 2026Daehyun Kim, Youngmin Kim, Yoon Ju Oh +1Image RestorationComputational Imaging

    Hanyang University · Agency for Defense Development (ADD)

  25. Pupil Design for Computational Wavefront Estimation

    Mar 31, 2026Ali Almuallem, Nicholas Chimitt, Bole Ma +2Computational Imaging

    Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, USA

  26. RawGen: Learning Camera Raw Image Generation

    Mar 31, 2026Dongyoung Kim, Junyong Lee, Abhijith Punnappurath +4Computational ImagingImage Generation

    AI Center - Toronto, Samsung Electronics · Yonsei University

  27. Compressive sensing inspired self-supervised single-pixel imaging

    Mar 31, 2026Jijun Lu, Yifan Chen, Libang Chen +5Image ReconstructionComputational Imaging

    Institute of Artificial Intelligence (TeleAI), China Telecom, China · School of Integrated Circuits, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China · College of Future Information Technology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China +3

  28. Guided Lensless Polarization Imaging

    Mar 28, 2026Noa Kraicer, Erez Yosef, Raja GiryesPolarimetric ImagingComputational Imaging

    Tel Aviv University School of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering

  29. On-Device Super Resolution Imaging Using Low-Cost SPAD Array and Embedded Lightweight Deep Learning

    Mar 27, 2026Zhenya Zang, Xingda Li, David Day Uei LiImage Super-ResolutionComputational Imaging

    Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, 16 Richmond Street, Glasgow, G1 1XQ, United Kingdom

  30. Computer Vision with a Superpixelation Camera

    Mar 27, 2026Sasidharan Mahalingam, Rachel Brown, Atul IngleSuperpixel SegmentationImage Segmentation

    Portland State University · Willamette University