Efficient TV regularization of large-scale linear inverse problems via the SCD semismooth* Newton method with applications in tomography

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Main Authors: Gfrerer, Helmut, Hubmer, Simon, Kindermann, Stefan, Kultima, Jaakko, Ramlau, Ronny, Tarvainen, Tanja
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author Gfrerer, Helmut
Hubmer, Simon
Kindermann, Stefan
Kultima, Jaakko
Ramlau, Ronny
Tarvainen, Tanja
author_facet Gfrerer, Helmut
Hubmer, Simon
Kindermann, Stefan
Kultima, Jaakko
Ramlau, Ronny
Tarvainen, Tanja
contents In this paper, we consider the efficient numerical minimization of Tikhonov functionals resulting from total-variation (TV) regularization of linear inverse problems. Since the TV penalty is non-smooth, this is typically done either via smooth approximations, which are inexact, or using non-smooth optimization techniques, which can often be numerically expensive, in particular for large-scale problems. Here, we present a numerically efficient minimization approach based on the recently proposed semismooth* Newton method, which employs a novel concept of graphical derivatives and exhibits locally superlinear convergence. The proposed approach is specifically tailored to TV regularization, suitable for large-scale inverse problems, and supported by strong mathematical convergence guarantees. Furthermore, we demonstrate its performance on two (large-scale) tomographic imaging problems and compare our results to those obtained via other state-of-the-art TV regularization approaches.
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spellingShingle Efficient TV regularization of large-scale linear inverse problems via the SCD semismooth* Newton method with applications in tomography
Gfrerer, Helmut
Hubmer, Simon
Kindermann, Stefan
Kultima, Jaakko
Ramlau, Ronny
Tarvainen, Tanja
Numerical Analysis
In this paper, we consider the efficient numerical minimization of Tikhonov functionals resulting from total-variation (TV) regularization of linear inverse problems. Since the TV penalty is non-smooth, this is typically done either via smooth approximations, which are inexact, or using non-smooth optimization techniques, which can often be numerically expensive, in particular for large-scale problems. Here, we present a numerically efficient minimization approach based on the recently proposed semismooth* Newton method, which employs a novel concept of graphical derivatives and exhibits locally superlinear convergence. The proposed approach is specifically tailored to TV regularization, suitable for large-scale inverse problems, and supported by strong mathematical convergence guarantees. Furthermore, we demonstrate its performance on two (large-scale) tomographic imaging problems and compare our results to those obtained via other state-of-the-art TV regularization approaches.
title Efficient TV regularization of large-scale linear inverse problems via the SCD semismooth* Newton method with applications in tomography
topic Numerical Analysis
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.12041