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Realistic Noise Synthesis with Diffusion Models

arXiv 2305.14022 ↗First posted 23 May 2023cs.CV eess.IVcited by 5

On the map: Diffusion models → Diffusion foundations and sampling

Abstract (arXiv)

Deep denoising models require extensive real-world training data, which is challenging to acquire. Current noise synthesis techniques struggle to accurately model complex noise distributions. We propose a novel Realistic Noise Synthesis Diffusor (RNSD) method using diffusion models to address these challenges. By encoding camera settings into a time-aware camera-conditioned affine modulation (TCCAM), RNSD generates more realistic noise distributions under various camera conditions. Additionally, RNSD integrates a multi-scale content-aware module (MCAM), enabling the generation of structured noise with spatial correlations across multiple frequencies. We also introduce Deep Image Prior Sampling (DIPS), a learnable sampling sequence based on depth image prior, which significantly accelerates the sampling process while maintaining the high quality of synthesized noise. Extensive experiments demonstrate that our RNSD method significantly outperforms existing techniques in synthesizing realistic noise under multiple metrics and improving image denoising performance.

Key facts. Cited by 5 papers in the map (data through 7 Oct 2026). Placed in Diffusion foundations and sampling, one of 14 directions in Diffusion models. Builds on 38 of its 45 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 23 May 2023.

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38 of 45 references.

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  1. 2022Cold Diffusion: Inverting Arbitrary Image Transforms Without Noise19 Aug
  2. 2021Noise Estimation for Generative Diffusion Models6 Apr
  3. 2020Denoising Diffusion Implicit Models6 Oct
  4. 2020Denoising Diffusion Probabilistic Models19 Jun

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  2. 2023SVNR: Spatially-variant Noise Removal with Denoising Diffusion
  3. 2026Spectrally-Guided Diffusion Noise Schedules
  4. 2023Real-World Denoising via Diffusion Model
  5. 2024Enhancing Sample Generation of Diffusion Models using Noise Level Correction
  6. 2024Diffusion Priors for Variational Likelihood Estimation and Image Denoising
  7. 2025CARD: Correlation Aware Restoration with Diffusion
  8. 2024NoiseDiffusion: Correcting Noise for Image Interpolation with Diffusion Models beyond Spherical Linear Interpolation