Denoising, Edge Aware Restoration and Enhancement of Single Shallow Coastal Water Image

2021 ◽  
pp. 2250009
Author(s):  
Mary Cecilia ◽  
S. Sakthivel Murugan
Keyword(s):  
Poor Quality ◽  
Single Shot ◽  
Dark Channel Prior ◽  
Turbid Water ◽  
Edge Preserving ◽  
Low Contrast ◽  
Underwater Image ◽  
Dark Channel ◽  
Restoration Method ◽  
Underwater Image Processing

The dissolved particles and their resultant scattering are the underlying cause of low contrast and blur thereby producing poor quality underwater images. Single-shot shallow coastal underwater images are much in need of the preprocessing steps viz. image enhancement and restoration. The underwater image processing operations like classification, object detection and computer vision require an enhancement/restoration preprocessing. The paper aims to restore the visibility of objects in turbid water images with its effective edge aware restoration cum enhancement model. The restricted rolling guidance filter on the DCP-based restoration method produces better edge aware restoration and denoised output image. The model-based (MB) dark channel prior (DCP) along with an edge emphasis and contrast enhancement achieves the essential dehazing and improvement in contrast for the heavily blurred underwater images. The subjective and objective projections are an evidence for the same. This edge preserving and denoising nature of the model is also exhibited with comparisons made with promising algorithms over the decade.

scholarly journals Underwater Image Enhancement Method Based On Color Correction and Dark Channel Prior

2021 ◽  
Vol 2066 (1) ◽  
pp. 012050
Author(s):  
Hao Chen ◽  
Hongsen He ◽  
Xinghua Feng
Keyword(s):  
Image Enhancement ◽  
Color Correction ◽  
Dark Channel Prior ◽  
Low Contrast ◽  
Underwater Environment ◽  
Underwater Image ◽  
Blue Channel ◽  
Dark Channel ◽  
Green Background ◽  
Enhancement Method

Abstract Concerning to the problem in the distortion of color and the low contrast of underwater image, the image enhancement method in the underwater environment based on color correction and dark channel prior was proposed. When dealing with the color bias problem, the blue channel standard ratio is firstly calculated based on the blue channel, and the red and green channels of the underwater image are compensated to remove the blue and green background colors of the underwater image. In light of the problem in the low contrast of image in underwater environment, the dark channel prior (DCP) method based on the super pixel was used to enhance the corrected underwater image. Finally, the underwater object detection dataset images are tested, and the algorithm proposed in terms of the quality is made the comparison with six advanced image enhancement method in underwater environment. The experimental results show that the proposed algorithm earned the highest score in underwater quality evaluation index (UIQM) compared with the above algorithm.

scholarly journals Underwater image enhancement algorithm based on dark channel prior and underwater imaging model

2021 ◽  
Vol 336 ◽  
pp. 06033
Author(s):  
Zhengping Sun ◽  
Fubing Li ◽  
Yuying Yang
Keyword(s):  
Image Enhancement ◽  
Dark Channel Prior ◽  
Underwater Imaging ◽  
Low Contrast ◽  
Underwater Environment ◽  
Imaging Model ◽  
Underwater Image ◽  
Dark Channel ◽  
Color Compensation ◽  
Enhancement Method

The main reason for the degradation of the underwater image is the light absorption and scattering. The images are captured in the underwater environment often have some problems such as loss of image information, low contrast, and color distortion. In order to solve the above problems, this paper proposes an image enhancement method for the underwater environment. With the help of the underwater imaging model and dark channel prior theory, a new idea of adding transmission correction and color compensation to G and B color channels is proposed. Experimental results show that, compared with the traditional methods, this method has a better effect on the underwater image with less color deviation.

scholarly journals Underwater Image Enhancement Using Successive Color Correction and Superpixel Dark Channel Prior

Symmetry ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 1220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ho Sang Lee ◽  
Sang Whan Moon ◽  
Il Kyu Eom
Keyword(s):  
Image Enhancement ◽  
Correction Method ◽  
Color Correction ◽  
Water Medium ◽  
Dark Channel Prior ◽  
Low Contrast ◽  
White Balance ◽  
Underwater Image ◽  
Corrected Image ◽  
Dark Channel

Underwater images generally suffer from quality degradations, such as low contrast, color cast, blurring, and hazy effect due to light absorption and scattering in the water medium. In applying these images to various vision tasks, single image-based underwater image enhancement has been challenging. Thus, numerous efforts have been made in the field of underwater image restoration. In this paper, we propose a successive color correction method with a minimal reddish artifact and a superpixel-based restoration using a color-balanced underwater image. The proposed successive color correction method comprises an effective underwater white balance based on the standard deviation ratio, followed by a new image normalization. The corrected image based on this color balance algorithm barely produces a reddish artifact. The superpixel-based dark channel prior is exploited to enhance the color-corrected underwater image. We introduce an image-adaptive weight factor using the mean of backscatter lights to estimate the transmission map. We perform intensive experiments for various underwater images and compare the performance of the proposed method with those of 10 state-of-the-art underwater image-enhancement methods. The simulation results show that the proposed enhancement scheme outperforms the existing approaches in terms of both subjective and objective quality.

Genetic Algorithm-based Dark Channel Prior Parameters Selection for Single Underwater Image Dehazing

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent Jan D. Almero ◽  
Ronnie S. Concepcion ◽  
Jonnel D. Alejandrino ◽  
Argel A. Bandala ◽  
Jason L. Espanola ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Algorithm ◽  
Dark Channel Prior ◽  
Image Dehazing ◽  
Underwater Image ◽  
Parameters Selection ◽  
Dark Channel ◽  
Selection For

scholarly journals Restoration method of sootiness mural images based on dark channel prior and Retinex by bilateral filter

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ning Cao ◽  
Shuqiang Lyu ◽  
Miaole Hou ◽  
Wanfu Wang ◽  
Zhenhua Gao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Near Infrared ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Color Image ◽  
Visual Quality ◽  
Bilateral Filter ◽  
Dark Channel Prior ◽  
Infrared Band ◽  
Dark Channel ◽  
Restoration Method ◽  
Pseudo Color

AbstractEnvironmental changes and human activities can cause serious degradation of murals, where sootiness is one of the most common problems of ancient Chinese indoor murals. In order to improve the visual quality of the murals, a restoration method is proposed for sootiness murals based on dark channel prior and Retinex by bilateral filter using hyperspectral imaging technology. First, radiometric correction and denoising through band clipping and minimum noise fraction rotation forward and inverse transform were applied to the hyperspectral data of the sootiness mural to produce its denoised reflectance image. Second, a near-infrared band was selected from the reflectance image and combined with the green and blue visible bands to produce a pseudo color image for the subsequent sootiness removal processing. The near-infrared band is selected because it is better penetrating the sootiness layer to a certain extent comparing to other bands. Third, the sootiness covered on the pseudo color image was preliminarily removed by using the method of dark channel prior and by adjusting the brightness of the image. Finally, the Retinex by bilateral filter was performed on the image to get the final restored image, where the sootiness was removed. The results show that the images restored by the proposed method are superior in variance, average gradient, information entropy and gray scale contrast comparing to the results from the traditional methods of homomorphic filtering and Gaussian stretching. The results also show the highest score in comprehensive evaluation of edges, hue and structure; thus, the method proposed can support more potential studies or sootiness removal in real mural paintings with more detailed information. The method proposed shows strong evidence that it can effectively reduce the influence of sootiness on the moral images with more details that can reveal the original appearance of the mural and improve its visual quality.

scholarly journals Research on underwater image enhancement algorithm based on improved DCP

2021 ◽  
Vol 2083 (4) ◽  
pp. 042008
Author(s):  
Zhe Wu ◽  
Jianfgui Han ◽  
Chenghao Cao
Keyword(s):  
Image Enhancement ◽  
Transfer Rate ◽  
Color Correction ◽  
Dark Channel Prior ◽  
Underwater Image ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Dark Channel ◽  
Color Bias ◽  
Enhancement Algorithm ◽  
Priority Algorithm

Abstract All for underwater images, there are some drawbacks, such as low definition, serious color bias, dark brightness, etc. On the basis of in-depth analysis of common image enhancement algorithms, This paper uses the improved dark channel priority algorithm to enhance the underwater image, Improving the contrast of underwater images and color correction of underwater images. Color correction is added based on dark channel prior algorithm; Make the image look more even, higher contrast, more acceptable. The improved algorithm model has a higher transfer rate; PSNR is more balanced and has better contrast to meet the requirements of underwater image observation.

Underwater Image Restoration Based on Background Light Estimation and Dark Channel Prior

2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 0101002 ◽  
Author(s):  
谢昊伶 Xie Haoling ◽  
彭国华 Peng Guohua ◽  
王凡 Wang Fan ◽  
杨成 Yang Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Image Restoration ◽  
Dark Channel Prior ◽  
Background Light ◽  
Underwater Image ◽  
Dark Channel
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