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Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, Volume. 40, Issue 8, 1163(2025)

Underwater image enhancement based on color prior guidance and attention mechanism

Wenbiao LI, Yang TAO, Yuan DONG, and Liqun ZHOU^*

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School of Communications and Information Engineering， Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications， Chongqing 400065， China

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Received: Mar. 31, 2025

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Published Online: Sep. 25, 2025

The Author Email: Liqun ZHOU (znhzlq@163.com)

DOI:10.37188/CJLCD.2025-0072

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