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Current works on super-resolution have obtained satisfactory results since the advance of the convolution neural network. Nevertheless, most previous works use one network for one integer scale factor so ignore the super-resolution of the arbitrary scale factor. In this work, we propose a novel approach called Global Enhanced Upscale Network (GEUN) to tackle super-resolution with a single model adapting the arbitrary scale factor. In our GEUN, we propose the Global Enhanced Upscale module to replace the conventional upscale module. Our GEUN can upscale low-resolution images with an arbitrary scale factor through only one model. Extensive experimental results demonstrate the superiority of our GEUN.
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Du, X. Single image super-resolution using global enhanced upscale network. Appl Intell 52, 2813–2819 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10489-021-02565-2
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