Single-image shadow removal using deep learning: A comprehensive survey

L Guo, C Wang, Y Wang, Y Yu, S Huang… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Shadow removal aims at restoring the image content within shadow regions, pursuing a
uniform distribution of illumination that is consistent between shadow and non-shadow …

Timeline and boundary guided diffusion network for video shadow detection

H Zhou, H Wang, T Ye, Z **ng, J Ma, P Li… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Video Shadow Detection (VSD) aims to detect the shadow masks with frame sequence.
Existing works suffer from inefficient temporal learning. Moreover, few works address the …

Unveiling deep shadows: A survey on image and video shadow detection, removal, and generation in the era of deep learning

X Hu, Z **ng, T Wang, CW Fu, PA Heng - arxiv preprint arxiv:2409.02108, 2024 - arxiv.org
Shadows are formed when light encounters obstacles, leading to areas of diminished
illumination. In computer vision, shadow detection, removal, and generation are crucial for …

From darkness to clarity: A comprehensive review of contemporary image shadow removal research (2017–2023)

X Zhu, CO Chow, JH Chuah - Image and Vision Computing, 2024 - Elsevier
The removal of shadows from images is a classic problem in computer vision, aiming to
restore the lighting in shadowed areas, thereby reducing the information interference and …

Shadow Removal via Global Residual Free Unet and Shadow Generation

D Li, X Lu, Y Zhu, X Wang, J **ao… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - openaccess.thecvf.com
Existing shadow removal methods face challenges when confronted with real-world scenes
particularly when dealing with complex background information and high-resolution images …

Semantic-guided adversarial diffusion model for self-supervised shadow removal

Z Zeng, C Zhao, W Cai, C Dong - arxiv preprint arxiv:2407.01104, 2024 - arxiv.org
Existing unsupervised methods have addressed the challenges of inconsistent paired data
and tedious acquisition of ground-truth labels in shadow removal tasks. However, GAN …

S3R-Net: A Single-Stage Approach to Self-Supervised Shadow Removal

N Kubiak, A Mustafa, G Phillipson… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - openaccess.thecvf.com
In this paper we present S3R-Net the Self-Supervised Shadow Removal Network. The two-
branch WGAN model achieves self-supervision relying on the unify-and-adapt phenomenon …

SoftShadow: Leveraging Penumbra-Aware Soft Masks for Shadow Removal

X Wang, L Guo, X Wang, S Huang, B Wen - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Recent advancements in deep learning have yielded promising results for the image
shadow removal task. However, most existing methods rely on binary pre-generated …

RSMamba: Biologically Plausible Retinex-Based Mamba for Remote Sensing Shadow Removal

K Chi, S Guo, J Chu, Q Li… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2025 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Shadow removal is an essential task for remote sensing imagery analysis, which is tricky
due to spatial irregular and inhomogeneous degradation distribution. Unfortunately, current …

Enhancing unsupervised shadow removal via multi-intensity shadow generation and diffusion modeling

D Wang, J Wang, N He, J Zhang, S Zhang, S Liu - The Visual Computer, 2024 - Springer
Shadow removal is crucial for enhancing image quality and facilitating downstream
computer vision tasks. However, acquiring paired shadow datasets is costly and …