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Deterministic Image-to-Image Translation via Denoising Brownian Bridge Models with Dual Approximators

arXiv 2512.23463 ↗First posted 29 Dec 2025cs.CVcited by 5

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Abstract (arXiv)

Image-to-Image (I2I) translation involves converting an image from one domain to another. Deterministic I2I translation, such as in image super-resolution, extends this concept by guaranteeing that each input generates a consistent and predictable output, closely matching the ground truth (GT) with high fidelity. In this paper, we propose a denoising Brownian bridge model with dual approximators (Dual-approx Bridge), a novel generative model that exploits the Brownian bridge dynamics and two neural network-based approximators (one for forward and one for reverse process) to produce faithful output with negligible variance and high image quality in I2I translations. Our extensive experiments on benchmark datasets including image generation and super-resolution demonstrate the consistent and superior performance of Dual-approx Bridge in terms of image quality and faithfulness to GT when compared to both stochastic and deterministic baselines. Project page and code: https://github.com/bohan95/dual-app-bridge

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  1. 2026Adaptive Domain Shift in Diffusion Models for Cross-Modality Image Translationcited by 3
  2. 2026Any2Any: Unified Arbitrary Modality Translation for Remote Sensingcited by 3
  3. 2026Unpaired Image-to-Image Translation via a Self-Supervised Semantic Bridgecited by 1
  4. 2026Generative AI for Visualizing Highway Construction Hazards Through Synthetic Images and Temporal Sequencescited by 1
  5. 2026EarthBridge: A Solution for 4th Multi-modal Aerial View Image Challenge Translation Trackcited by 0