An experiment-based review of low-light image enhancement methods

W Wang, X Wu, X Yuan, Z Gao - Ieee Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Images captured under poor illumination conditions often exhibit characteristics such as low
brightness, low contrast, a narrow gray range, and color distortion, as well as considerable …

Comparing deep learning models for low-light natural scene image enhancement and their impact on object detection and classification: Overview, empirical …

R Al Sobbahi, J Tekli - Signal Processing: Image Communication, 2022 - Elsevier
Low-light image (LLI) enhancement is an important image processing task that aims at
improving the illumination of images taken under low-light conditions. Recently, a …

Star: A structure and texture aware retinex model

J Xu, Y Hou, D Ren, L Liu, F Zhu, M Yu… - … on Image Processing, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Retinex theory is developed mainly to decompose an image into the illumination and
reflectance components by analyzing local image derivatives. In this theory, larger …

A deep journey into image enhancement: A survey of current and emerging trends

DC Lepcha, B Goyal, A Dogra, KP Sharma, DN Gupta - Information Fusion, 2023 - Elsevier
Image captured under poor-illumination conditions often display attributes of having poor
contrasts, low brightness, a narrow gray range, colour distortions and considerable …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring a radically new exponential retinex model for multi-task environments

Z Rahman, JA Bhutto, M Aamir, ZA Dayo… - Journal of King Saud …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Retinex Theory (RT) and its adaptations have gained significant popularity in
the field of image processing. Nevertheless, traditional Retinex algorithms are generally …

A survey on image enhancement for Low-light images

J Guo, J Ma, ÁF García-Fernández, Y Zhang, H Liang - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
In real scenes, due to the problems of low light and unsuitable views, the images often
exhibit a variety of degradations, such as low contrast, color distortion, and noise. These …

Low-light homomorphic filtering network for integrating image enhancement and classification

R Al Sobbahi, J Tekli - Signal Processing: Image Communication, 2022 - Elsevier
Low-light image (LLI) enhancement techniques have recently demonstrated remarkable
progress especially with the use of deep learning approaches. However, most existing …

Low-light image enhancement with regularized illumination optimization and deep noise suppression

Y Guo, Y Lu, RW Liu, M Yang, KT Chui - IEEE Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Maritime images captured under low-light imaging condition easily suffer from low visibility
and unexpected noise, leading to negative effects on maritime traffic supervision and …

Mutual retinex: Combining transformer and cnn for image enhancement

K Jiang, Q Wang, Z An, Z Wang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Images captured in low-light or underwater environments are often accompanied by
significant degradation, which can negatively impact the quality and performance of …

Multi-level GAN based enhanced CT scans for liver cancer diagnosis

RA Khan, Y Luo, FX Wu - Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, 2023 - Elsevier
Liver cancer diagnosis requires preprocessing of images with preserved structural details. In
this study, a multi-level generative adversarial network (GAN) is proposed to enhance …