diff --git a/piqa/__init__.py b/piqa/__init__.py
index b714aaa..a23caf9 100644
--- a/piqa/__init__.py
+++ b/piqa/__init__.py
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 specific image quality assessement metric.
 """
 
-__version__ = '1.0.2'
+__version__ = '1.0.4'
diff --git a/piqa/tv.py b/piqa/tv.py
index 1e368ac..de2b991 100644
--- a/piqa/tv.py
+++ b/piqa/tv.py
@@ -21,14 +21,22 @@ def tv(x: torch.Tensor, norm: str = 'L2') -> torch.Tensor:
             `'L1'` | `'L2'` | `'L2_squared'`.
     """
 
-    variation = torch.cat([
-        x[..., :, 1:] - x[..., :, :-1],
-        x[..., 1:, :] - x[..., :-1, :],
-    ], dim=-2)
+    w_var = x[..., :, 1:] - x[..., :, :-1]
+    h_var = x[..., 1:, :] - x[..., :-1, :]
 
-    tv = tensor_norm(variation, dim=(-1, -2, -3), norm=norm)
+    if norm in ['L2', 'L2_squared']:
+        w_var = w_var ** 2
+        h_var = h_var ** 2
+    else:  # norm == 'L1'
+        w_var = w_var.abs()
+        h_var = h_var.abs()
 
-    return tv
+    var = w_var.sum(dim=(-1, -2, -3)) + h_var.sum(dim=(-1, -2, -3))
+
+    if norm == 'L2':
+        var = torch.sqrt(var)
+
+    return var
 
 
 class TV(nn.Module):
diff --git a/piqa/utils.py b/piqa/utils.py
index 8d8bb8c..a9782c6 100644
--- a/piqa/utils.py
+++ b/piqa/utils.py
@@ -153,19 +153,21 @@ def tensor_norm(
 
 def normalize_tensor(
     x: torch.Tensor,
+    dim: Tuple[int, ...] = (),
+    norm: str = 'L2',
     epsilon: float = 1e-8,
-    **kwargs,
 ) -> torch.Tensor:
     r"""Returns `x` normalized.
 
     Args:
         x: An input tensor.
+        dim: The dimension(s) along which to normalize.
+        norm: Specifies the norm funcion to use:
+            `'L1'` | `'L2'` | `'L2_squared'`.
         epsilon: A numerical stability term.
-
-        `**kwargs` are transmitted to `tensor_norm`.
     """
 
-    norm = tensor_norm(x, **kwargs)
+    norm = tensor_norm(x, dim=dim, keepdim=True, norm=norm)
 
     return x / (norm + epsilon)