Perceptual Artifacts Localization for Image Synthesis Tasks

Lingzhi Zhang, Zhengjie Xu, Connelly Barnes, Yuqian Zhou, Qing Liu +5 more
2/14/2026

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Abstract

Recent advancements in deep generative models have facilitated the creation of photo-realistic images across various tasks. However, these generated images often exhibit perceptual artifacts in specific regions, necessitating manual correction. In this study, we present a comprehensive empirical examination of Perceptual Artifacts Localization (PAL) spanning diverse image synthesis endeavors. We introduce a novel dataset comprising 10, 168 generated images, each annotated with per-pixel perceptual artifact labels across ten synthesis tasks. A segmentation model, trained on our proposed dataset, effectively localizes artifacts across a range of tasks. Additionally, we illustrate its proficiency in adapting to previously unseen models using minimal training samples. We further propose an innovative zoom-in inpainting pipeline that seamlessly rectifies perceptual artifacts in the generated images. Through our experimental analyses, we elucidate several invaluable downstream applications, such as automated artifact rectification, non-referential image quality evaluation, and abnormal region detection in images. The dataset and code are released here: https://owenzlz.github.io/PAL4VST

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@article{zhang2026perceptual,
  title  = {Perceptual Artifacts Localization for Image Synthesis Tasks},
  author = {Lingzhi Zhang and Zhengjie Xu and Connelly Barnes and Yuqian Zhou and Qing Liu and He Zhang and Sohrab Amirghodsi and Zhe Lin and Eli Shechtman and Jianbo Shi},
  year   = {2026},
  eprint = {2310.05590},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url    = {http://arxiv.org/pdf/2310.05590},
  journal = {ICCV 2023 2023}
}

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