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Robust photon-efficient imaging using a pixel-wise residual shrinkage network

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Single-photon light detection and ranging (LiDAR) has been widely applied to 3D imaging in challenging scenarios. However, limited signal photon counts and high noises in the collected data have posed… Click to show full abstract

Single-photon light detection and ranging (LiDAR) has been widely applied to 3D imaging in challenging scenarios. However, limited signal photon counts and high noises in the collected data have posed great challenges for predicting the depth image precisely. In this paper, we propose a pixel-wise residual shrinkage network for photon-efficient imaging from high-noise data, which adaptively generates the optimal thresholds for each pixel and denoises the intermediate features by soft thresholding. Besides, redefining the optimization target as pixel-wise classification provides a sharp advantage in producing confident and accurate depth estimation when compared with existing research. Comprehensive experiments conducted on both simulated and real-world datasets demonstrate that the proposed model outperforms the state-of-the-arts and maintains robust imaging performance under different signal-to-noise ratios including the extreme case of 1:100.

Keywords: pixel wise; wise residual; photon efficient; photon; residual shrinkage; shrinkage network

Journal Title: Optics express
Year Published: 2022

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