# load_degradation

### deepinv.utils.load_degradation(name, data_dir=None, index=0, download=True)

Loads a degradation tensor from DeepInverse HuggingFace repository.

* **Parameters:**
  * **name** ([*str*](https://docs.python.org/3.12/library/stdtypes.html#str) *,* [*pathlib.Path*](https://docs.python.org/3.12/library/pathlib.html#pathlib.Path)) – degradation name with file extension
  * **data_dir** ([*str*](https://docs.python.org/3.12/library/stdtypes.html#str) *,* [*pathlib.Path*](https://docs.python.org/3.12/library/pathlib.html#pathlib.Path)) – dataset root directory, defaults to None
  * **index** ([*int*](https://docs.python.org/3.12/library/functions.html#int)) – degradation index, defaults to 0
  * **download** ([*bool*](https://docs.python.org/3.12/library/functions.html#bool)) – whether to download, defaults to True
* **Returns:**
  ([`torch.Tensor`](https://docs.pytorch.org/docs/stable/tensors.html#torch.Tensor)) containing degradation.
* **Return type:**
  [*Tensor*](https://docs.pytorch.org/docs/stable/tensors.html#torch.Tensor)

## Examples using `load_degradation`:

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[Image deblurring with Total-Variation (TV) prior](https://deepinv.org/auto_examples/optimization/demo_TV_minimisation.html.md)

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</div><div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="This example shows how to use the DPIR method to solve a PnP image deblurring problem. The DPIR method is described in zhang2021plug. In Proceedings of the IEEE conference on computer vision and pattern recognition (pp. 3929-3938).">![](auto_examples/plug-and-play/images/thumb/sphx_glr_demo_PnP_DPIR_deblur_thumb.png)

[DPIR method for PnP image deblurring.](https://deepinv.org/auto_examples/plug-and-play/demo_PnP_DPIR_deblur.html.md)

  <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">DPIR method for PnP image deblurring.</div>
</div><div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="Implementation of romano2017little using as plug-in denoiser the Gradient-Step Denoiser (GSPnP) hurault2021gradient which provides an explicit prior.">![](auto_examples/plug-and-play/images/thumb/sphx_glr_demo_RED_GSPnP_SR_thumb.png)

[Regularization by Denoising (RED) for Super-Resolution.](https://deepinv.org/auto_examples/plug-and-play/demo_RED_GSPnP_SR.html.md)

  <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Regularization by Denoising (RED) for Super-Resolution.</div>
</div><div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="This example shows you how to train a reconstruction network for an MRI inverse problem on a fully self-supervised way, i.e., using measurement data only.">![](auto_examples/self-supervised-learning/images/thumb/sphx_glr_demo_equivariant_imaging_thumb.png)

[Self-supervised learning with Equivariant Imaging for MRI.](https://deepinv.org/auto_examples/self-supervised-learning/demo_equivariant_imaging.html.md)

  <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Self-supervised learning with Equivariant Imaging for MRI.</div>
</div><div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="This a toy example to show you how to use DEQ to solve a deblurring problem. Note that this is a small dataset for training. For optimal results, use a larger dataset.">![](auto_examples/unfolded/images/thumb/sphx_glr_demo_DEQ_thumb.png)

[Deep Equilibrium (DEQ) algorithms for image deblurring](https://deepinv.org/auto_examples/unfolded/demo_DEQ.html.md)

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