Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 58, Issue 8, 0810013(2021)

Underwater Image Restoration Based on Light Attenuation Prior and Background Light Fusion

Jiqiang Lin, Mei Yu*, Haiyong Xu, and Gangyi Jiang
Author Affiliations
  • Faculty of Information Science and Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315211, China
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    Figures & Tables(7)
    Principle of underwater optical imaging
    Flowchart of proposed algorithm
    Background light estimation results of different underwater images. (a) Background light [5,56,250]; (b) background light [5,195,222]; (c) background light [5,72,137]
    Comparison results of transmissivity estimation of underwater images. (a) Original images; (b) dark-channel prior transmittance images; (c) scene depth images; (d) reconstruction of underwater images; (e) histogram of RGB color channels of original images; (f) R channel transmittance images; (g) G channel transmittance images; (h) B channel transmittance images
    Comparison of restoration effects of underwater images. (a) Original images; (b) Ref. [6]; (c) Ref. [7]; (d) Ref. [8]; (e) Ref. [9]; (f) proposed algorithm
    Test results of feature matching. (a) Original images; (b) restored images
    • Table 1. Quantitative comparison of underwater image restoration algorithms

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      Table 1. Quantitative comparison of underwater image restoration algorithms

      No.IndexOriginal imageRef. [6]Ref.[7]Ref.[8]Ref.[9]Proposedalgorithm
      1Entropy6.82337.34627.36327.55947.74457.9178
      NIQE3.24172.57622.63992.64392.30742.3257
      UIQM0.96152.27191.66853.61823.83174.4542
      UCIQE0.43050.55160.60330.59740.58540.6202
      2Entropy6.23707.14147.60107.02957.73647.9370
      NIQE4.32403.15682.67202.92402.64572.5862
      UIQM2.35453.73815.06446.04284.54234.0959
      UCIQE0.42580.58100.62410.60970.64180.6765
      3Entropy6.98667.15127.22997.71917.58397.9310
      NIQE3.63922.85962.52522.96352.85722.9867
      UIQM2.58190.88331.69804.55790.71993.6362
      UCIQE0.45690.53310.59150.60830.53970.5642
      4Entropy6.75707.16587.13897.04637.61157.8695
      NIQE4.10483.42093.67343.51323.34863.3327
      UIQM1.70112.30433.12676.19513.56994.7565
      UCIQE0.43580.54460.59870.62300.58730.6280
      No.IndexOriginal imageRef. [6]Ref.[7]Ref.[8]Ref.[9]Proposedalgorithm
      5Entropy7.33987.47917.07326.49377.56647.9270
      NIQE4.05163.85393.84853.87343.86903.9083
      UIQM1.62821.49701.76595.21392.25154.2819
      UCIQE0.54370.58610.57300.61190.62050.6216
      6Entropy7.19267.55537.35887.41747.77097.8321
      NIQE2.44402.38552.48442.56872.81872.9316
      UIQM0.44940.74203.06553.56203.10113.7001
      UCIQE0.55340.60310.63980.61160.64230.6747
      7Entropy6.70767.29347.35887.36237.62217.7644
      NIQE3.80754.49503.74943.76173.84323.9306
      UIQM1.67451.95963.01605.32674.08583.9742
      UCIQE0.56620.64560.66010.66780.67650.7149
      8Entropy6.82047.54477.51007.47897.81097.9207
      NIQE2.34602.01962.20871.91382.13301.9728
      UIQM2.61293.63723.28906.32025.31604.8206
      UCIQE0.49980.62680.61280.65000.64610.6557
      9Entropy5.91397.26927.17597.37837.16507.9291
      NIQE7.15145.11614.84725.26955.64114.7459
      UIQM2.61854.50694.36594.17896.44675.1585
      UCIQE0.38210.61980.62670.57250.56590.6563
      10Entropy6.30246.67847.29837.06317.37977.8649
      NIQE5.69884.47344.15713.84464.27914.0721
      UIQM0.02431.62972.82766.05691.90742.6384
      UCIQE0.35850.49210.55590.57870.54760.6235
      AverageEntropy6.70817.26257.33937.25487.59917.8894
      NIQE4.08093.43573.33463.33863.37433.2793
      UIQM1.33942.31702.98885.10733.57724.1517
      UCIQE0.46530.57840.60860.61310.60530.6434
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    Category: Image Processing

    Received: Aug. 11, 2020

    Accepted: Sep. 14, 2020

    Published Online: Apr. 12, 2021

    The Author Email: Mei Yu (yumei2@126.com)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP202158.0810013

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