Journal of Jilin University(Engineering and Technology Edition) ›› 2026, Vol. 56 ›› Issue (9): 2467-2475.doi: 10.13229/j.cnki.jdxbgxb.20250138

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Multi-modular self-supervised image denoising network based on feed-forward convolutional neural network

Xiao-xin GUO1,2(),Guang-yu LI1,2,Guang-qi YANG1,2   

  1. 1.College of Computer Science and Technology,Jilin University,Changchun 130012,China
    2.Key Laboratory of Symbol Computation and Knowledge Engineering of Ministry of Education,Jilin University,Changchun 130012,China
  • Received:2025-02-24 Online:2026-09-01 Published:2026-09-07

Abstract:

In order to solve the problem that pairwise noisy images and clean images are difficult to obtain in the process of denoising, this paper proposes a multi-modular self-supervised image denoising network based on feed-forward convolutional neural network(MMS-DNet). The algorithm uses the improved DnCNN architecture. By adding a multivariate input module that combines original image down-sampling and global noise level estimation, multiple input sub-images are generated while compensating for the information loss in the generation process. The introduction of redundant information in the image reconstruction process is avoided by adding a sub-pixel convolution module. Experimental results show that the network outperforms existing self-supervised learning algorithms on the BSD68 and Set12 datasets of intensity images, and also achieves good results on CBSD68 and Kodak24 datasets of color images.

Key words: image denoising, feed-forward neural network, self-supervised, multi-modular

CLC Number: 

  • TP751

Fig.1

Model architecture diagram"

Fig.2

Down-sampler"

Fig.3

Model architecture of DnCNN"

Table 1

Model architecture of different images"

项目网络层数通道数噪声范围子图大小
灰度图146415,50]70×70
彩色图129615,50]50×50

Fig.4

Sub-pixel convolution"

Table 2

Different noise level comparison on BSD68 dataset"

方法σ=15σ=25σ=50
PSNR/SSIMPSNR/SSIMPSNR/SSIM
BM3D31.07/0.8228.57/0.8025.62/0.69
WNNM31.37/0.8228.83/0.8125.87/0.70
DnCNN31.72/0.8329.23/0.8326.23/0.72
N2N30.89/0.8528.86/0.8225.77/0.70
Blind2Unblind31.44/0.8928.99/0.8226.09/0.72
SwinIA31.07/0.8629.17/0.8026.61/0.71
MMS-DNet31.66/0.8729.28/0.8226.30/0.72

Fig.5

Image denoising results by different methods on BSD68 dataset"

Table 3

Different noise level comparison on Set12 dataset"

方法σ=15σ=25σ=50
PSNR/SSIMPSNR/SSIMPSNR/SSIM
BM3D32.37/0.8729.97/0.8526.72/0.77
WNNM32.70/0.8530.26/0.8627.05/0.78
DnCNN32.86/0.9130.43/0.8727.18/0.78
N2N32.60/0.9030.02/0.8526.83/0.77
Blind2Unblind32.46/0.9030.09/0.8526.01/0.78
SwinIA30.37/0.8628.72/0.8226.03/0.74
MMS-DNet32.75/0.8930.47/0.8827.41/0.79

Fig.6

Image denoising results by different methods on Set12 dataset σ=25"

Table 4

Different noise level comparison on CBSD68 dataset"

方法σ=15σ=25σ=50
PSNR/SSIMPSNR/SSIMPSNR/SSIM
BM3D33.52/0.9330.71/0.8627.38/0.79
WNNM33.67/0.9331.02/0.8727.79/0.79
DnCNN33.89/0.9331.23/0.8827.92/0.79
N2N-/-30.79/0.87-/-
Blind2Unblind33.67/0.9230.86/0/8627.88/0.78
SwinIA33.45/0.9128.40/0.7927.34/0.72
MMS-DNet33.87/0.9331.21/0.8827.95/0.79

Fig.7

Image denoising results by different methods on CBSD68 σ=25"

Table 5

Different noise level comparison on Kodak24 dataset"

方法σ=15σ=25σ=50
PSNR/SSIMPSNR/SSIMPSNR/SSIM
BM3D34.28/0.9231.68/0.8728.46/0.78
WNNM34.35/0.9232.00/0.8828.74/0.79
DnCNN34.48/0.9232.03/0.8828.85/0.80
N2N-/-32.08/0.88-/-
Blind2Unblind34.12/0.9032.27/0.8828.92/0.81
SwinIA33.50/0.8730.12/0.8228.33/0.75
MMS-DNet34.62/0.9232.11/0.8829.00/0.80

Fig.8

Image denoising results by different methods on Kodak24 σ=25"

Table 6

Ablation experiment under different conditions"

实验序号架构模块PSNR/dB
1DnCNN29.23
2DnCNN+池化下采样 +反池化29.19
3DnCNN+多元输入模块+反池化29.25
4DnCNN+池化下采样+子像素卷积29.24
5DnCNN+多元输入模块+子像素卷积29.28

Table 7

Ablation experiment with different backbone"

主体网络σ=15σ=25σ=50
DnCNN31.6629.2826.30
U-Net30.7928.9926.16
VDSR30.7728.6426.12

Fig.9

Image denoising results on MRI image"

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