Underwater image quality optimization: Researches, challenges, and future trends

M Wang, K Zhang, H Wei, W Chen, T Zhao - Image and Vision Computing, 2024 - Elsevier
Underwater images serve as crucial mediums for conveying marine information.
Nevertheless, due to the inherent complexity of the underwater environment, underwater …

Underwater visual surveillance: A comprehensive survey

DK Rout, M Kapoor, BN Subudhi, V Thangaraj… - Ocean …, 2024 - Elsevier
The objective of this article is to provide a detailed review of the state-of-the-art underwater
surveillance process and the new trends of the same. Underwater surveillance has recently …

Perception-driven deep underwater image enhancement without paired supervision

Q Jiang, Y Kang, Z Wang, W Ren… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Underwater image enhancement (UIE) aims to improve the visual quality of raw underwater
images. Current UIE algorithms primarily train a deep neural network (DNN) on synthetic …

Semantic attention and relative scene depth-guided network for underwater image enhancement

T Chen, N Wang, Y Chen, X Kong, Y Lin, H Zhao… - … Applications of Artificial …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, to solve unique underwater degradation challenges covering low contrast,
color deviation and blurring, etc., a novel semantic attention and relative scene depth …

[HTML][HTML] Mula-gan: Multi-level attention gan for enhanced underwater visibility

AB Bakht, Z Jia, MU Din, W Akram, LS Saoud… - Ecological …, 2024 - Elsevier
The underwater environment presents unique challenges (color distortions, reduced
contrast, blurriness) hindering accurate analysis. This work introduces MuLA-GAN, a novel …

Deep color-corrected multiscale retinex network for underwater image enhancement

H Qi, H Zhou, J Dong, X Dong - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The acquisition of high-quality underwater images is of great importance to ocean
exploration activities. However, images captured in the underwater environment often suffer …

Adaptive variational decomposition for water-related optical image enhancement

J Zhou, S Chen, D Zhang, Z He, KM Lam… - ISPRS journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Underwater images suffer from blurred details and color distortion due to light attenuation
from scattering and absorption. Current underwater image enhancement (UIE) methods …

Towards dimension-enriched underwater image quality assessment

Q Jiang, X Yi, L Ouyang, J Zhou… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The absorption and scattering of light in the water medium naturally impair the quality of
underwater images, leading to multiple degradation effects including color casts, reduced …

FDCE-Net: underwater image enhancement with embedding frequency and dual color encoder

Z Cheng, G Fan, J Zhou, M Gan… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Underwater images often suffer from various issues such as low brightness, color shift,
blurred details, and noise due to light absorption and scattering caused by water and …

Hierarchical prior-guided quality assessment method for underwater images

C Chen, Z Li, Z Zhong, X Wang, F Shao - Displays, 2024 - Elsevier
Many underwater image enhancement (UIE) algorithms have been proposed to improve the
quality of the underwater image. However, the lack of effective objective image quality …