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  1. Learning from Failure: Leveraging Unreliable Predictions in Semi-Supervised Real-World Adverse Weather Removal

    Oct 1, 2026Cap Dang Xuan Kiet, Tat-Jen ChamImage RestorationRestoration

    College of Computing and Data Science, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

  2. Restoring without Forgetting: Filter-Level Continual Image Restoration via Parameter-Space Integrated Gradients

    Sep 29, 2026Xin Feng, Jin Zhao, Yizhen Zhang +3Image RestorationCatastrophic Forgetting

    School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh · Baidu Inc. · Tsinghua University +1

  3. Simultaneous Neural Optimal Transport

    Sep 29, 2026Milena Gazdieva, Kirill Sokolov, Jiawei Chen +2Optimal Transport ApproachImage Restoration

    Applied AI Institute AXXX Moscow, Russia · Lomonosov Moscow State University Moscow, Russia · MIRIAI Moscow, Russia

  4. Style-Driven Data Synthesis and Degradation-Aware Enhancement for Ultrasound Image Restoration

    Sep 28, 2026Yu-Kai Wang, Chun-Xin Tan, Manh-Hung Nguyen +1Image RestorationUltrasound

    Department of Computer Science, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan · Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

  5. ENet-GP: Unified Document Image Restoration

    Sep 27, 2026Sujal Burad, Aakanksha, A. N. Rajagopalan +1Image RestorationVisual Degradation

    Indian Institute of Technology, Madras · Adobe, India

  6. In-Token Learning for High-Fidelity Image Restoration via Diffusion Transformers

    Sep 27, 2026Xingfu Yi, Xiaoxue YuImage RestorationDiffusion Transformers

    Independent Researcher, Hangzhou, China · Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

  7. Convergent Plug-and-Play Image Restoration with Annealed Noise Levels

    Sep 26, 2026Samuel HuraultImage RestorationIterative Denoising Methods

    LIGM, CNRS, Univ. Gustave Eiffel

  8. TaskIR: Task-Driven Image Restoration via Degradation Adaptation and Task Feedback

    Sep 25, 2026Yanjie Tu, Qingsen Yan, Axi Niu +4Image RestorationRestoration

    Northwestern Polytechnical University · Shenzhen Research Institute of Northwestern Polytechnical University · Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology

  9. Patch-to-Global: Random Patch Diffusion for Globally Consistent Megapixel Artifact Inpainting in Whole Slide Images

    Sep 21, 2026Hyeseong Lee, Eunsu Kim, D M Bappy +6Whole-Slide ImagesDigital Pathology

    Department of Biomedical Informatics, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea · Department of Pathology, Korea University Anam Hospital, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea · Seegene Medical Foundation, Seoul, Korea +3

  10. GraLoD: Graphics-Inspired Continuous Level-of-Detail Learning for Image Restoration

    Sep 15, 2026Hu Gao, Lizhuang Ma, Yulong ChenImage RestorationRestoration

    Department of Computer Science Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai, China · Department of Architecture and Design Harbin Institute of Technology Heilongjiang, China

  11. Pre-Trained Low-Rank Tensor Decomposition for Multi-Dimensional Image Recovery

    Sep 14, 2026Bing-Zhang Fu, Zhi-Long Han, Ting-Zhu Huang +2Tensor DecompositionLow-Rank Structure

    School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China · School of Mathematics and Statistics and Ministry of Education Key Lab of Intelligent Networks and Network Security, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710049, China · Pazhou Laboratory (Huangpu), Guangzhou, Guangdong 510335, China

  12. UniH3^3: Unifying Hierarchical Homogeneity and Heterogeneity for All-in-One Medical Image Restoration

    Sep 11, 2026Zhiwen Yang, Jiayin Li, Chengyu Liu +3Image RestorationU-Net

    School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China · Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China · Independent Researcher

  13. Mi-Ripple: Restoring Images Degraded by Iterative AI Editing

    Sep 11, 2026Jiayin Chen, Yicheng Xu, Muting WangImage RestorationRestoration

    Key Laboratory of System Software (Chinese Academy of Sciences), Beijing, China · Miyang Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China · Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China +3

  14. TaskGuard: Task-Conditioned Restoration Utility for Risk-Aware Object Detection

    Sep 7, 2026Vung PhamImage RestorationObject Detection

    Computer Science Department, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas, USA

  15. Poisson Image Denoising Using Minimax Concave and Reweighted ℓ1\ell_1 Penalties: Nonblind and Blind Approaches

    Sep 7, 2026Reza ParvazGaussian DeblurringImage Restoration

    aDepartment of Engineering Sciences, Faculty of Advanced Technologies,Sep University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran

  16. SafeRestore: Detector-Relative Risk Certificates for Selective Industrial Image Restoration

    Sep 3, 2026Shaoliang Yang, Jun WangImage RestorationRestoration

    Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA 95053, USA

  17. ReBridge-Flow: Re-Coupling Posterior Bridges in Flow Matching for Image Restoration

    Sep 1, 2026Jiaqi Zhang, Yiqi Wang, Hongjie Wu +6Contrastive Flow MatchingImage Restoration

    Jiangsu University · Griffith University · Sichuan University +5

  18. PixelIR: Fidelity-Perception Decoupling via Pixel-Space Image-Residual Flow Matching for Efficient One-Step Real-World Super-Resolution

    Aug 31, 2026Bingtian Qiao, Yue Shi, Yong Guo +2Real-World Image Super-ResolutionImage Restoration

    Shanghai Jiao Tong University · Fuzhou University · Shanghai AI Laboratory

  19. Learning to Restore More: Continual Capability Expansion for Pretrained Image Restoration Models

    Aug 31, 2026Hu Gao, Yulong Chen, Lizhuang MaImage RestorationRestoration

    Department of Computer Science Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai, China · Department of Architecture and Design Harbin Institute of Technology Heilongjiang, China

  20. Null-Space Diffusion Restoration with Adaptive Uncertainty-Guided Fusion for Ultrasound Speckle Reduction

    Aug 30, 2026Juneyong Lee, Jaeyoung ChoiSpeckleImage Restoration

    Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Yongin-si 17035, Republic of Korea

  21. A Globally Convergent Algorithm for Total Scaled-Gradient Variation via Cone-Constrained Bilinear Decomposition

    Aug 29, 2026Haibin Su, Chunlin Wu, Huibin Chang +1Image RestorationConvergence

    Yau Mathematical Sciences Center, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China · School of Mathematical Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China · School of Mathematical Sciences and Institute of Mathematics and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, 300387, China

  22. Every Packet Counts: Dispersing Information for Loss-Resilient Learned Image Compression

    Aug 11, 2026Yuhang Wei, Chuqin Zhou, Yibo Shi +2Learned Image CompressionRate-Distortion Theory

    Shanghai Jiao Tong University · Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai, China · Huawei Technologies Ltd +1

  23. Flow Straight to Reality: Perceptually Consistent Flow Matching for Efficient Image Restoration

    Aug 11, 2026Sangwoo Jo, Donggeun Ko, Jayeon Kang +3Image RestorationContrastive Flow Matching

    Korea University, Seoul, South Korea · Aim Future, Seoul, South Korea

  24. Beyond Uniform Restoration: Empowering All-in-One Restoration with Pixel-Level Multimodal Guidance

    Aug 10, 2026Chunxiao Liu, Wei Liu, Anbin Xiong +1Image RestorationRestoration

    Xiaomi Corporation Beijing, China

  25. RMR-Net: Degradation-Evidence-Guided Road-Image Restoration for Defect Detection

    Aug 9, 2026Amir Ghorbani, Amirali K. Gostar, WeiQin Chuah +3PavementImage Restoration

    School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia

  26. Retrieval-Augmented Generation-Based Color Restoration for Low-Light Image Enhancement

    Aug 8, 2026Li-Wei Lu, Shaou-Gang MiaouLow-Light Image EnhancementImage Restoration

    Department of Electronic Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taoyuan 320, Taiwan

  27. SegDem: Segmentation helps Demosaicing

    Aug 8, 2026Ping Chen, Xiangming Wang, Yongyong Chen +5Amodal SegmentationImage Restoration

    Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen · Shanghai Jiao Tong University · Nanjing University (Suzhou)

  28. Structural Guidance for Unified Joint Demosaicing and Denoising

    Aug 7, 2026Qixin Zheng, Ping Chen, Qiangqiang Shen +1Image RestorationRestoration

    Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, China

  29. Local Epistemic Uncertainty Guided Active Sampling for Plug-and-play Diffusive Image Restoration

    Aug 7, 2026Jiaqi Zhang, Zheng Pang, Rongrong Gao +2Image RestorationPixel-Level Prediction

    Jiangsu University Zhenjiang, China · Xi’an University of Technology Xi’an, China

  30. Bend the Basics: Degradation-Aware Deformable Tokenization for All-in-One Image Restoration

    Aug 7, 2026Zihao He, Yunfeng Wu, Xinchao Wang +1Image RestorationDegradation

    School of Artificial Intelligence, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China · Alibaba Group, Beijing, China · School of Advanced Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China +1

  31. WaveFreqAnchor: Wave-Structural Anchoring and Frequency Correction Diffusion for Training-Free Face Restoration

    Aug 7, 2026Zelin Du, Wenjie Li, Zhengxue Wang +3Blind Face RestorationImage Restoration

    Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications · Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications · Nanjing University of Science and Technology +1

  32. Flow-Map Distillation on Relation Manifolds for Image Restoration

    Aug 6, 2026Zihao He, Songhua LiuImage RestorationContrastive Flow Matching

    School of Artificial Intelligence · Shanghai Jiao Tong University · Shanghai City, China

  33. Once a Response, Always a Response: Detecting LLM-generated Text via Latent Prompt Restoration

    Aug 6, 2026Hongrui Bao, Yubing Ren, Yanan Cao +3Machine-Generated Text DetectionText Analysis and Detection

    Institute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences · School of Cyber Security, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences · College of Computer Science and Technology, Zhejiang University +1

  34. A geometry-based deep equilibrium model for image restoration under multiplicative Gamma noise

    Aug 5, 2026Shengkun Yang, Luca Ratti, Zhichang GuoImage RestorationMultiplicative Gamma Noise

    School of Mathematics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, Heilongjiang, China. · Department of Mathematics, University of Bologna, Bologna, 40126, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

  35. GeoMAR: Unleashing Geometrically Aligned Features for Masked Autoregressive Blind Face Restoration

    Aug 4, 2026Lu Gan, Hanyu Yan, Chaofeng Chen +2Blind Face RestorationImage Restoration

    School of Artificial Intelligence, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China

  36. Loop-Mamba: A Loop Mamba with Degradation-Aware and Shared Memory for Old Photo Restoration

    Aug 3, 2026Runci Bai, Yucheng Xin, Pu Wang +8Query-Specific Degradation-Aware RepresentationImage Restoration

    China Academy of Information and Communications Technology · Shandong Normal University · Shandong University +5

  37. SpikeRestormer: Towards Energy-Efficient All-in-One Image Restoration via Unified Event Reasoning

    Aug 3, 2026Shengkai Hu, Jie Shao, Jiaqi Ma +5Query-Specific Degradation-Aware RepresentationSpiking Neural Networks

    School of Information Engineering, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, China · Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates · School of Computer Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China +1

  38. Pixel Ignores, Superpixel Sees: Adverse Weather Image Restoration via Semantic-Center SSM

    Aug 3, 2026Dayu Li, Shihao Zhou, Leizhi Shu +3Image RestorationState Space Models

    Nankai International Advanced Research Institute (SHENZHEN·FUTIAN) · College of Computer Science, Nankai University · University of Science and Technology Beijing +2

  39. MDTD-ArtIR: Benchmarking Image Editing and Restoration Models for Art Image Restoration under Texture-Overlay Degradations

    Aug 1, 2026Mridula Vijendran, Shuang Chen, Hubert P. H. ShumImage RestorationRestoration

    Department of Computer Science, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom

  40. CoDe-SSM: Context-Detail Decoupled State Space Model for Efficient UHD Image Restoration

    Jul 31, 2026Jiaxu Su, Zhijian Wu, Jun Li +2Image RestorationRestoration

    School of Computer and Electronic Information, Nanjing Normal University, China · Medical Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Westlake University, China

  41. FDIR: Harmonizing Fidelity and Human-Machine Preference in Lossy Compression Image Restoration

    Jul 31, 2026Kuan-Yen Chen, Fang-Yi Su, Philip Chikontwe +1Image RestorationFidelity

    Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan · Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

  42. What to Remove, What to Preserve: Dual-Ambiguity Rectification for All-in-One Image Restoration

    Jul 30, 2026Cencen Liu, Wen Yin, Dongyang Zhang +6Image RestorationRectification

    University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan, China · Jiigan Technology +1

  43. CoRE-UIR: Prior-guided common and residual experts for efficient all-in-one remote sensing image restoration

    Jul 30, 2026Zaiyan Zhang, Qiangqiang Yuan, Jie Li +5Image RestorationRemote Sensing

    School of Geodesy and Geomatics, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, Hubei, China · School of Artificial Intelligence, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, Hubei, China · State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, Hubei, China

  44. Noise-Free One-Step LoRA for Task-Driven Image Restoration with Diffusion Priors

    Jul 28, 2026Jaeha Kim, Kyoung Mu LeeImage RestorationDiffusion Priors

    Dept. of ECE & ASRI, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea · IPAI, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

  45. ScaleResfusion: Residual Rectified Flow based on Residual Vector Field

    Jul 28, 2026Zhenning Shi, Chen Xu, Junhao Zhang +4Image RestorationRectified Flow

    College of Computer Science, Nankai University, Tianjin, China · Faculty of Information Science and Computing, University of Macau, Macau, China · CSIRO Data61, Australia +1

  46. CLUIE: Clustering-Aware Recurrent Propagation with Local Structural Compensation for Underwater Image Enhancement

    Jul 23, 2026Kui Jiang, Zefan Feng, Laibin Chang +3Underwater Image Enhancement MethodsImage Restoration

    School of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China · School of Computer Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

  47. Causal-AgentIR: Self-Evolving Causal Memory for Adaptive Image Restoration Agents

    Jul 23, 2026Hu Gao, Yulong Chen, Lizhuang MaImage RestorationCross-Task Knowledge Transfer

    Department of Computer Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China · Department of Architecture and Design, Harbin Institute of Technology, Heilongjiang, China

  48. The Second LoViF 2026 Challenge on Real-World All-in-One Image Restoration: Methods and Results

    Jul 23, 2026Xiang Chen, Hao Li, Jiangxin Dong +89Image RestorationRestoration

  49. The RealDefocus Benchmark for Defocus Deblurring

    Jul 23, 2026Tim Seizinger, Zhuyun Zhou, Radu TimofteGaussian DeblurringImage Restoration

    Computer Vision Lab, CAIDAS & IFI, University of Würzburg, Germany

  50. QuReC: All-in-One Image Restoration with Query-Specific Guidance and Local-Global Response Calibration

    Jul 16, 2026Shen Zhou, Jinghui Zhang, Wenbo Huang +7Image RestorationQuery-Specific Degradation-Aware Representation

    Southeast University Nanjing, China · Hainan University Hainan, China

  51. JADE-GS: Joint Alternating Deblurring Guided by Events in 3D Gaussian Splatting

    Jul 16, 2026Haoyu Fu, Jiafeng Huang, Yuchen Wang +13D GaussianGaussian Deblurring

    School of Mechatronic Engineering and Automation, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China · Shanghai Baoshan Shangda General Intelligent Robotics Research Institute, Shanghai, China · School of Computer Science and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

  52. A Task-Driven Evaluation of UAV Detection and Tracking under Synthetic Fog

    Jul 6, 2026Amir Pouladi, Vesal Ahsani, Haijun Li +2Unmanned Aerial Vehicle DetectionFog

    Center for Aerospace Research (CfAR), University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada · Advanced Control and Intelligent Systems (ACIS) Lab, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada

  53. Mixture-of-Gaussians-Guided Schedule Design for Brownian Bridge Diffusion Models

    Jul 3, 2026Ron Levi, Michael EladDiffusion BridgesSchrödinger Bridges

    Department of Computer Science Technion, Israel

  54. CURE: Controllable Unified Image Restoration for Complex Degradations

    Jul 3, 2026Boseong Kim, Donghyeon ChoImage RestorationRestoration

    Department of Computer Science, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea

  55. Restore3D: Breathing Life into Broken Objects with Shape and Texture Restoration

    Jul 1, 2026Xiaolong Shen, Zongxin Yang, Yi Yang3D GenerationImage Restoration

    ReLER, CCAI, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

  56. MG-SpaIR: Multi-grade Sparse-guided Implicit Representation for Training-Data-Free Image Restoration

    Jun 30, 2026Jianmin Liao, Lei Huang, Ronglong Fang +3Image RestorationProximal Operators

    Department of Mathematics, Syracuse University, 215 Carnegie Building, Syracuse, 13210, NY, USA. · Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Old Dominion University, 2300 Engineering & Computational Sciences Building, Norfolk, 23529, VA, USA. · Department of Medical Physical, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1250 First Avenue, New York, 10065, NY, USA. +1

  57. RCL-Mamba: A Dual-domain State Space Model for Measurement-oriented Image Restoration in Rotational Sparse-View Scanning Computed Laminography

    Jun 30, 2026Xuyang Duan, Genyuan Zhang, Zhenjiang Dong +4Image RestorationRestoration

    Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Technology and Systems, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China · Engineering Research Center of Industrial CT Nondestructive Testing, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China

  58. Bridging the Gap Between Image Restoration and Navigational Safety in Hazy Conditions: A New Visibility Estimation Metric for Maritime Surveillance

    Jun 29, 2026Wentao Feng, Guobei Peng, Wengang Mao +1Single Image DehazingShip Detection

    Sanya Science and Education Innovation Park, Wuhan University of Technology, Sanya 572000, China · School of Navigation, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, China · State Key Laboratory of Maritime Technology and Safety, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, China +1

  59. EvLIR: Learning Illumination Residuals from Ordered Events for Low-Light Image Enhancement

    Jun 28, 2026Haoxian Zhou, Chuanzhi Xu, Langyi Chen +5Low-Light Image EnhancementLow-Resolution

    1The University of Sydney · 2Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  60. Self-Evolving Agentic Image Restoration via Deliberate Planning and Intuitive Execution

    Jun 27, 2026Shuang Cui, Fan Ji, Guanglong Sun +4Image RestorationRestoration

    Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China · School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China +1