# Multi-Level Feature Fusion Network for Lightweight Stereo Image Super-Resolution

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.05497 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2405.05497/

## Key facts

- Cited by 2 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Builds on 19 of its 44 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 9 May 2024.

## Builds on (most cited first, 19 of 19)

- [Attention Is All You Need](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1706.03762/) (2017)
- [Swin Transformer: Hierarchical Vision Transformer using Shifted Windows](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2103.14030/) (2021)
- [SwinIR: Image Restoration Using Swin Transformer](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2108.10257/) (2021)
- [Enhanced Deep Residual Networks for Single Image Super-Resolution](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1707.02921/) (2017)
- [Image Super-Resolution Using Very Deep Residual Channel Attention Networks](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1807.02758/) (2018)
- [Image Super-Resolution Using Deep Convolutional Networks](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1501.00092/) (2014)
- [Accurate Image Super-Resolution Using Very Deep Convolutional Networks](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1511.04587/) (2015)
- [Residual Dense Network for Image Super-Resolution](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1802.08797/) (2018)
- [Simple Baselines for Image Restoration](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2204.04676/) (2022)
- [Symbolic Discovery of Optimization Algorithms](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2302.06675/) (2023)
- [Single Image Super-Resolution via a Holistic Attention Network](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2008.08767/) (2020)
- [NAFSSR: Stereo Image Super-Resolution Using NAFNet](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2204.08714/) (2022)
- [SwinFIR: Revisiting the SwinIR with Fast Fourier Convolution and Improved Training for Image Super-Resolution](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2208.11247/) (2022)
- [Symmetric Parallax Attention for Stereo Image Super-Resolution](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2011.03802/) (2020)
- [Feedback Network for Mutually Boosted Stereo Image Super-Resolution and Disparity Estimation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2106.00985/) (2021)
- [SwinFSR: Stereo Image Super-Resolution using SwinIR and Frequency Domain Knowledge](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2304.12556/) (2023)
- [Hybrid Transformer and CNN Attention Network for Stereo Image Super-resolution](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2305.05177/) (2023)
- [PFT-SSR: Parallax Fusion Transformer for Stereo Image Super-Resolution](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2303.13807/) (2023)
- [Cross-View Hierarchy Network for Stereo Image Super-Resolution](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2304.06236/) (2023)

## Built on by (most cited first, 2 of 2)

- [NTIRE 2025 Challenge on RAW Image Restoration and Super-Resolution](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2506.02197/) (2025)
- [A Cosine Network for Image Super-Resolution](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2601.16413/) (2026)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Stereo image super-resolution utilizes the cross-view complementary information brought by the disparity effect of left and right perspective images to reconstruct higher-quality images. Cascading feature extraction modules and cross-view feature interaction modules to make use of the information from stereo images is the focus of numerous methods. However, this adds a great deal of network parameters and structural redundancy. To facilitate the application of stereo image super-resolution in downstream tasks, we propose an efficient Multi-Level Feature Fusion Network for Lightweight Stereo Image Super-Resolution (MFFSSR). Specifically, MFFSSR utilizes the Hybrid Attention Feature Extraction Block (HAFEB) to extract multi-level intra-view features. Using the channel separation strategy, HAFEB can efficiently interact with the embedded cross-view interaction module. This structural configuration can efficiently mine features inside the view while improving the efficiency of cross-view information sharing. Hence, reconstruct image details and textures more accurately. Abundant experiments demonstrate the effectiveness of MFFSSR. We achieve superior performance with fewer parameters. The source code is available at https://github.com/KarosLYX/MFFSSR.