dnCNNLayers

Get denoising convolutional neural network layers

Syntax

layers = dnCNNLayers

layers = dnCNNLayers('NetworkDepth',networkDepth)

Description

layers = dnCNNLayers returns layers of the denoising convolutional neural network (DnCNN) for grayscale images.

This function requires that you have Deep Learning Toolbox™.

layers = dnCNNLayers('NetworkDepth',networkDepth) returns a denoising convolutional neural network with networkDepth number of convolutional layers.

Examples

Get Layers of Image Denoising Network

Get layers of the image denoising convolutional neural network, 'DnCNN'. Request the default number of layers, which returns 20 convolution layers.

layers = dnCNNLayers

layers = 
  1x59 Layer array with layers:

     1   'InputLayer'             Image Input           50x50x1 images
     2   'Conv1'                  2-D Convolution       64 3x3x1 convolutions with stride [1  1] and padding [1  1  1  1]
     3   'ReLU1'                  ReLU                  ReLU
     4   'Conv2'                  2-D Convolution       64 3x3x64 convolutions with stride [1  1] and padding [1  1  1  1]
     5   'BNorm2'                 Batch Normalization   Batch normalization with 64 channels
     6   'ReLU2'                  ReLU                  ReLU
     7   'Conv3'                  2-D Convolution       64 3x3x64 convolutions with stride [1  1] and padding [1  1  1  1]
     8   'BNorm3'                 Batch Normalization   Batch normalization with 64 channels
     9   'ReLU3'                  ReLU                  ReLU
    10   'Conv4'                  2-D Convolution       64 3x3x64 convolutions with stride [1  1] and padding [1  1  1  1]
    11   'BNorm4'                 Batch Normalization   Batch normalization with 64 channels
    12   'ReLU4'                  ReLU                  ReLU
    13   'Conv5'                  2-D Convolution       64 3x3x64 convolutions with stride [1  1] and padding [1  1  1  1]
    14   'BNorm5'                 Batch Normalization   Batch normalization with 64 channels
    15   'ReLU5'                  ReLU                  ReLU
    16   'Conv6'                  2-D Convolution       64 3x3x64 convolutions with stride [1  1] and padding [1  1  1  1]
    17   'BNorm6'                 Batch Normalization   Batch normalization with 64 channels
    18   'ReLU6'                  ReLU                  ReLU
    19   'Conv7'                  2-D Convolution       64 3x3x64 convolutions with stride [1  1] and padding [1  1  1  1]
    20   'BNorm7'                 Batch Normalization   Batch normalization with 64 channels
    21   'ReLU7'                  ReLU                  ReLU
    22   'Conv8'                  2-D Convolution       64 3x3x64 convolutions with stride [1  1] and padding [1  1  1  1]
    23   'BNorm8'                 Batch Normalization   Batch normalization with 64 channels
    24   'ReLU8'                  ReLU                  ReLU
    25   'Conv9'                  2-D Convolution       64 3x3x64 convolutions with stride [1  1] and padding [1  1  1  1]
    26   'BNorm9'                 Batch Normalization   Batch normalization with 64 channels
    27   'ReLU9'                  ReLU                  ReLU
    28   'Conv10'                 2-D Convolution       64 3x3x64 convolutions with stride [1  1] and padding [1  1  1  1]
    29   'BNorm10'                Batch Normalization   Batch normalization with 64 channels
    30   'ReLU10'                 ReLU                  ReLU
    31   'Conv11'                 2-D Convolution       64 3x3x64 convolutions with stride [1  1] and padding [1  1  1  1]
    32   'BNorm11'                Batch Normalization   Batch normalization with 64 channels
    33   'ReLU11'                 ReLU                  ReLU
    34   'Conv12'                 2-D Convolution       64 3x3x64 convolutions with stride [1  1] and padding [1  1  1  1]
    35   'BNorm12'                Batch Normalization   Batch normalization with 64 channels
    36   'ReLU12'                 ReLU                  ReLU
    37   'Conv13'                 2-D Convolution       64 3x3x64 convolutions with stride [1  1] and padding [1  1  1  1]
    38   'BNorm13'                Batch Normalization   Batch normalization with 64 channels
    39   'ReLU13'                 ReLU                  ReLU
    40   'Conv14'                 2-D Convolution       64 3x3x64 convolutions with stride [1  1] and padding [1  1  1  1]
    41   'BNorm14'                Batch Normalization   Batch normalization with 64 channels
    42   'ReLU14'                 ReLU                  ReLU
    43   'Conv15'                 2-D Convolution       64 3x3x64 convolutions with stride [1  1] and padding [1  1  1  1]
    44   'BNorm15'                Batch Normalization   Batch normalization with 64 channels
    45   'ReLU15'                 ReLU                  ReLU
    46   'Conv16'                 2-D Convolution       64 3x3x64 convolutions with stride [1  1] and padding [1  1  1  1]
    47   'BNorm16'                Batch Normalization   Batch normalization with 64 channels
    48   'ReLU16'                 ReLU                  ReLU
    49   'Conv17'                 2-D Convolution       64 3x3x64 convolutions with stride [1  1] and padding [1  1  1  1]
    50   'BNorm17'                Batch Normalization   Batch normalization with 64 channels
    51   'ReLU17'                 ReLU                  ReLU
    52   'Conv18'                 2-D Convolution       64 3x3x64 convolutions with stride [1  1] and padding [1  1  1  1]
    53   'BNorm18'                Batch Normalization   Batch normalization with 64 channels
    54   'ReLU18'                 ReLU                  ReLU
    55   'Conv19'                 2-D Convolution       64 3x3x64 convolutions with stride [1  1] and padding [1  1  1  1]
    56   'BNorm19'                Batch Normalization   Batch normalization with 64 channels
    57   'ReLU19'                 ReLU                  ReLU
    58   'Conv20'                 2-D Convolution       1 3x3x64 convolutions with stride [1  1] and padding [1  1  1  1]
    59   'FinalRegressionLayer'   Regression Output     mean-squared-error

You can train a custom image denoising network by providing these layers and a denoisingImageDatastore to trainNetwork (Deep Learning Toolbox).

Input Arguments

networkDepth — Number of convolution layers

20 (default) | positive integer

Number of convolution layers, specified as a positive integer with value greater than or equal to 3.

Data Types: single | double | int8 | int16 | int32 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32

Output Arguments

layers — Network layers

vector of Layer objects

Denoising convolutional neural network layers, returned as a vector of Layer (Deep Learning Toolbox) objects.

Tips

• The DnCNN network can detect noise and other high-frequency image artifacts. For example, you can train the DnCNN network to increase image resolution or remove JPEG compression artifacts. The example JPEG Image Deblocking Using Deep Learning shows how to train a DnCNN to reduce JPEG compression artifacts in an image.

References

[1] Zhang, K., W. Zuo, Y. Chen, D. Meng, and L. Zhang. "Beyond a Gaussian Denoiser: Residual Learning of Deep CNN for Image Denoising." IEEE Transactions on Image Processing. Vol. 26, Issue 7, 2017, pp. 3142–3155.

Version History

Introduced in R2017b