Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 43, Issue 12, 1201002(2023)
Underwater Image Restoration Based on Quadtree Hierarchical Search and Transmittance Optimization
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Qimeng Qiu, Yajia Zhang, Zhiqiang Gao, Jianlong Shao. Underwater Image Restoration Based on Quadtree Hierarchical Search and Transmittance Optimization[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2023, 43(12): 1201002
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)