Challenges in Sparse Image Reconstruction

Abstract

Handling huge amount of data from different sources more so in the images is the latest challenge. One of the solutions to this is sparse representation. The idea of sparsity has been receiving much attention recently from many researchers in the areas such as satellite image processing, signal processing, medical image processing, microscopy image processing, pattern recognition, neuroscience, seismic imaging, etc. Many algorithms have been developed for various areas of sparse representation. The main objective of this paper is to provide a comprehensive study and highlight the challenges in the area of sparse representation which will be helpful for researchers. Also, the current challenges and opportunities of applying sparsity to image reconstruction, namely, image super-resolution, image denoising and image restoration are discussed. This survey on sparse representation categorizes the existing methods into three groups: dictionary learning approach, greedy strategy approximation approach and deep learning approach.