Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 61, Issue 8, 0837001(2024)

Adaptive Underwater Image Enhancement Algorithm

Ning Yang1,2,3, Haibing Su1,2,3,4、*, and Tao Zhang1,2,4
Author Affiliations
  • 1Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, Sichuan , China
  • 2National Key Laboratory of Optical Field Manipulation Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, Sichuan , China
  • 3School of Electronic, Electrical and Communication Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 4School of Optoelectronics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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    Paper Information

    Category: Digital Image Processing

    Received: May. 19, 2023

    Accepted: Jul. 24, 2023

    Published Online: Apr. 2, 2024

    The Author Email: Su Haibing (suhaibing@msn.com)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP231335

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