Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 43, Issue 12, 1201002(2023)

Underwater Image Restoration Based on Quadtree Hierarchical Search and Transmittance Optimization

Qimeng Qiu, Yajia Zhang, Zhiqiang Gao, and Jianlong Shao*
Author Affiliations
  • Faculty of Information Engineering and Automation, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, Yunnan, China
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    Algorithm flow
    Image preprocessing results. (a) Original image; (b) preprocessed image
    Background light estimation results. (a) High brightness image; (b) close image; (c) distant image
    Refinement results. (a) Original image; (b) back scattering component transmittance; (c) refinement results of back scattering component transmittance
    Image transmittance results. (a) Original image; (b) back scattering component transmittance; (c) direct component transmittance of red channel; (d) direct component transmittance of green channel; (e) direct component transmittance of blue channel
    Histogram stretch. (a) Initial images; (b) final results
    Partial dataset images used in the experiment. (a) Color distortion images; (b) fog images; (c) images with artificial light; (d) reference images
    Results of ablation experiment. (a) Original images; (b) w/o TM; (c) w/o LLT; (d) w/o TM & LLT; (e) proposed method
    Comparison of color correction results. (a) Original image; (b) RDCP; (c) UDCP; (d) GDCP; (e) LBLA; (f) RWRH;(g) proposed method
    Color difference comparison test results of each color block of the standard color palette
    Comparison of color distortion images. (a) Original images; (b) RDCP; (c) UDCP; (d) GDCP; (e) LBLA; (f) RWRH;(g) proposed method
    Comparison of atomization images. (a) Original images; (b) RDCP; (c) UDCP; (d) GDCP; (e) LBLA; (f) RWRH;(g) proposed method
    Comparison of images exposed to artificial light. (a) Original images; (b) RDCP; (c) UDCP; (d) GDCP; (e) LBLA; (f) RWRH;(g) proposed method
    • Table 1. Quantitative evaluation results of UIQM index

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      Table 1. Quantitative evaluation results of UIQM index

      Image No.OriginalRDCPUDCPGDCPLBLARWRHProposed
      Average1.71223.73382.52531.89241.16411.04114.4181
      10.58033.81562.90910.04481.26601.19844.9269
      21.51534.84641.44021.35591.19811.03475.0406
      33.15703.91063.55855.07581.36011.23974.4701
      42.05763.59153.38912.52040.74710.73594.0040
      52.52733.71412.67061.95311.51341.13154.2791
      60.43562.52471.18450.40420.89990.90643.7879
    • Table 2. Quantitative evaluation results of NIQE index

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      Table 2. Quantitative evaluation results of NIQE index

      Image No.OriginalRDCPUDCPGDCPLBLARWRHProposed
      Average5.52804.62164.94514.09534.25314.59323.8408
      14.36943.76084.44383.35133.52373.88412.9661
      27.94895.46657.37765.20374.87764.96494.7370
      32.54982.41912.26142.11492.31792.43362.0462
      47.76755.56175.33194.93575.37315.64434.7192
      56.03565.91845.98724.88415.24576.00164.9291
      64.49714.60324.26854.08214.18054.63083.6473
    • Table 3. Quantitative evaluation results of entropy index

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      Table 3. Quantitative evaluation results of entropy index

      Image No.OriginalRDCPUDCPGDCPLBLARWRHProposed
      Average7.10827.24936.42087.25267.11157.06407.5604
      17.35557.34775.99857.46077.36826.90927.4924
      26.74006.96716.58196.97666.98996.75027.4372
      37.30357.25267.43067.70307.56386.93027.6081
      46.67637.10246.90506.97577.44907.09187.4884
      57.40797.52746.11957.39066.56417.50397.6971
      67.16577.29855.48947.00886.73427.19847.6443
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    Paper Information

    Category: Atmospheric Optics and Oceanic Optics

    Received: Aug. 11, 2022

    Accepted: Oct. 10, 2022

    Published Online: Jun. 20, 2023

    The Author Email: Shao Jianlong (sj-long@163.com)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS221598

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