• Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Vol. 57, Issue 14, 141021 (2020)
Ruoyou Wu, Dexing Wang*, Hongchun Yuan**, Peng Gong, Guanqi Chen, and Dan Wang
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  • School of Information, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/LOP57.141021 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Ruoyou Wu, Dexing Wang, Hongchun Yuan, Peng Gong, Guanqi Chen, Dan Wang. Low-Light Image Enhancement Based on Multi-Branch All Convolutional Neural Network[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2020, 57(14): 141021 Copy Citation Text show less
    Structure of convolutional block attention module
    Fig. 1. Structure of convolutional block attention module
    Architecture of multi-branch all convolutional neural network
    Fig. 2. Architecture of multi-branch all convolutional neural network
    Noise extraction module
    Fig. 3. Noise extraction module
    Subjective visual comparison of synthetic low-light images without noise. (a) Image of parrots; (b) image of building2; (c) image of buildings; (d) image of monarch
    Fig. 4. Subjective visual comparison of synthetic low-light images without noise. (a) Image of parrots; (b) image of building2; (c) image of buildings; (d) image of monarch
    Subjective visual comparison of synthetic low-light images with noise. (a) Image of parrots; (b) image of building2; (c) image of buildings; (d) image of monarch
    Fig. 5. Subjective visual comparison of synthetic low-light images with noise. (a) Image of parrots; (b) image of building2; (c) image of buildings; (d) image of monarch
    Subjective visual comparison of real low-light images. (a)(b) Images from LIME dataset; (c)(d) images from DICM dataset; (e) image from MEF dataset
    Fig. 6. Subjective visual comparison of real low-light images. (a)(b) Images from LIME dataset; (c)(d) images from DICM dataset; (e) image from MEF dataset
    ImagePSNR/dBMSEMAEMS-SSIMQVIF
    Originalimage10.036/9.4606447.9000/7440.800074.8505/76.81000.3925/0.34000.2407/0.24000.4889/0.5100
    Image ofCLAHE[3]15.596/15.8501792.4000/1817.000039.3139/36.46000.7988/0.78150.6357/0.69000.7582/0.7500
    Image ofSSR[6]22.389/20.560375.1150/658.800014.3500/19.17000.8247/0.78000.6489/0.68000.8437/0.7400
    Image ofMSRCR[8]11.135/11.4105006.9000/4775.500067.8155/62.91000.7602/0.69000.6030/0.59000.6348/0.5800
    Image of methodin Ref. [12]19.040/17.430811.0260/1220.000022.8847/28.73000.8001/0.74000.6243/0.63000.6229/0.4200
    Image of methodin Ref. [30]19.959/18.250656.4077/1028.000018.3382/22.66000.8439/0.78000.6522/0.65000.6801/0.6700
    Image of methodin Ref. [16]22.679/21.860350.8300/434.670016.5200/17.30000.9130/0.86500.7360/0.76400.8750/0.8510
    Image ofMBACNN23.869/22.550266.7760/384.200013.8820/15.50000.9229/0.87000.7735/0.77000.8834/0.8630
    Table 1. Comparison of objective evaluation indicators for synthetic low-light images without noise
    ImagePSNR/dBMSEMAEMS-SSIMQVIF
    Originalimage9.8380/8.70006749.6000/8878.000074.8583/84.90000.3050/0.22000.1364/0.08000.3249/0.3400
    Image ofCLAHE[3]13.4239/11.96002955.9000/4215.000049.0863/56.70000.5606/0.41000.3990/0.27000.5170/0.5100
    Image ofSSR[6]18.9663/18.3000825.0010/979.000021.3554/23.60000.6690/0.51000.5018/0.40000.6058/0.5800
    Image ofMSRCR[8]10.4440/17.04005870.6000/1344.000072.3333/28.90000.5592/0.50000.3809/0.37500.5436/0.6280
    Image of methodin Ref. [12]19.5938/16.2000714.0061/1600.000019.2488/33.70000.6630/0.48000.4639/0.41000.5216/0.4200
    Image of methodin Ref. [30]17.8858/16.50001058.0000/1535.700022.6885/30.30000.6145/0.54000.3896/0.32000.4593/0.4700
    Image of methodin Ref. [16]18.3000/19.3300961.3000/776.550025.1700/21.67000.6900/0.62000.5300/0.48000.7370/0.7190
    Image ofMBACNN21.1500/19.8200499.0299/697.300016.3177/20.24000.7970/0.68000.6251/0.52000.6903/0.7400
    Table 2. Comparison of objective evaluation indicators for synthetic low-light images with noise
    ImageNRSSEntropy of informationNIQE
    Image of CLAHE[3]0.8862/0.95007.6180/7.30003.9221/5.2000
    Image of SSR[6]0.9257/0.94007.6845/7.36004.2682/5.0100
    Image of MSRCR[8]0.8946/0.93007.3285/7.53003.9577/4.2600
    Image of method in Ref. [12]0.9159/0.91907.7841/7.46004.1566/4.6100
    Image of method in Ref. [30]0.8785/0.92207.2858/7.41804.4679/4.9800
    Image of method in Ref. [16]0.9240/0.96306.6100/6.22505.1130/5.2530
    Image of MBACNN0.9359/0.97907.5844/7.49005.3669/4.6770
    Table 3. Comparison of objective evaluation indicators for real low-light images
    MethodTraining time /hTest time /s
    CLAHE[3]0.77
    SSR[6]2.65
    MSRCR[8]1.02
    Method in Ref. [12]0.72
    Method in Ref. [30]1.66
    Method in Ref. [16]8.965.88
    MBACNN5.996.78
    Table 4. Algorithm processing time comparison
    Ruoyou Wu, Dexing Wang, Hongchun Yuan, Peng Gong, Guanqi Chen, Dan Wang. Low-Light Image Enhancement Based on Multi-Branch All Convolutional Neural Network[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2020, 57(14): 141021
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