Infrared Technology, Volume. 46, Issue 9, 984(2024)

Underwater Image Enhancement Algorithm Based on Color Correction and the Dark-Bright Dual-Channel Prior

Run YANG, Zengli LIU*, and Xuanzhi ZHAO
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  • Faculty of Information Engineering and Automation, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China
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    Received: Jan. 18, 2024

    Accepted: Jan. 21, 2025

    Published Online: Jan. 21, 2025

    The Author Email: Zengli LIU (lzl@kust.edu.cn)

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