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ISP Meets Deep Learning: A Survey on Deep Learning Methods for Image Signal Processing

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Santos, Claudio Filipi Goncalves dos, Arrais, Rodrigo Reis, Silva, Jhessica Victoria Santos da, Silva, Matheus Henrique Marques da, Neto, Wladimir Barroso Guedes de Araujo, Lopes, Leonardo Tadeu, Bileki, Guilherme Augusto, Lima, Iago Oliveira +5 more·2025·ACM Computing Surveys

Abstract

The entire Image Signal Processor (ISP) of a camera relies on several processes to transform the data from the Color Filter Array (CFA) sensor, such as demosaicing, denoising, and enhancement. These processes can be executed either by some hardware or via software. In recent years, Deep Learning (DL) has emerged as one solution for some of them or even to replace the entire ISP using a single neural network for the task. In this work, we investigated several recent pieces of research in this area and provide deeper analysis and comparison among them, including results and possible points of improvement for future researchers.

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Santos, C. F. G. D., Arrais, R. R., Silva, J. V. S. D., Silva, M. H. M. D., Neto, W. B. G. D. A., Lopes, L. T., Bileki, G. A., Lima, I. O., Rondon, L. B., Souza, B. M. D., Regazio, M. C., Dalapicola, R. C., & Tasca, A. A.
Affiliations
  • Computer Science, UFSCar, Sao Carlos, Brazil and Eldorado Institute, Campinas, Brazil
  • Instituto de Pesquisas Eldorado (BR)
  • Eldorado Institute, Campinas, Brazil
Venue
ACM Computing Surveys
Published
2025-01-22
Volume
57
Issue
5
Pages
1-44
ISSN
  • 0360-0300 (ISSN-L)
  • 1557-7341
OpenAlex
W4405580099
Cited by
9
References
102
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 5
FWCI
1.27
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
ACM Computing Surveys (publishedVersion, cc-by)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Advanced Image Processing Techniques
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Image Enhancement Techniques
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Advanced Neural Network Applications
Keywords
image signal processing, deep learning, camera image processing, color filter array, demosaicing, image denoising, image enhancement, hardware-software comparison

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