• Acta Optica Sinica
  • Vol. 39, Issue 2, 0210004 (2019)
Hongqiang Ma1、*, Shiping Ma1, Yuelei Xu1、2, and Mingming Zhu1
Author Affiliations
  • 1 Aeronautics Engineering College, Air Force Engineering University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710038, China
  • 2 Unmanned System Research Institute, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710072, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/AOS201939.0210004 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Hongqiang Ma, Shiping Ma, Yuelei Xu, Mingming Zhu. Low-Light Image Enhancement Based on Deep Convolutional Neural Network[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2019, 39(2): 0210004 Copy Citation Text show less
    Typical structure of CNN
    Fig. 1. Typical structure of CNN
    Flow chart of proposed algorithm
    Fig. 2. Flow chart of proposed algorithm
    Network structure of DCNN model
    Fig. 3. Network structure of DCNN model
    Subjective visual comparison of different methods for synthetic low-light images. (a) Image “caps”; (b) image “carnivaldolls”; (c) image “cemetry”; (d) image “building 2”
    Fig. 4. Subjective visual comparison of different methods for synthetic low-light images. (a) Image “caps”; (b) image “carnivaldolls”; (c) image “cemetry”; (d) image “building 2”
    Convergence performance of HSI and RGB enhancement methods with BN and without BN. (a) Average SSIM within 50 epochs; (b) average PSNR within 50 epochs
    Fig. 5. Convergence performance of HSI and RGB enhancement methods with BN and without BN. (a) Average SSIM within 50 epochs; (b) average PSNR within 50 epochs
    Subjective visual comparison of different methods for real low-light images. (a) Image from DICM dataset; (b) image from VV dataset; (c)-(d) image from NASA dataset; (e) enlarged result of part shown in blue box of Fig. 6(d)
    Fig. 6. Subjective visual comparison of different methods for real low-light images. (a) Image from DICM dataset; (b) image from VV dataset; (c)-(d) image from NASA dataset; (e) enlarged result of part shown in blue box of Fig. 6(d)
    Number of layersNumber of convolution kernelsPSNR /dB
    5n1=64, np-1=3221.74
    5n1=64, np-1=6421.87
    7n1=64, np-1=3222.23
    7n1=64, np-1=6422.31
    9n1=64, np-1=3222.04
    9n1=64, np-1=6422.17
    Table 1. Tested PSNR under different network layers and convolution kernel numbers
    MethodPSNR /dBSSIMMSELOE
    HE[25]16.190.79851928.3505
    Dong[10]16.290.79471699.62040
    SRIE[8]21.080.9579686.4776
    LIME[9]13.470.80973230.71277
    Proposed method22.230.9204389.0402
    Table 2. Objective evaluation index of different methods for synthetic low-light images
    MethodEntropy of informationDegree of chromaticity changeLOEVIF
    HE[25]7.14120.24745710.4782
    Dong[10]6.95410.031314840.4262
    SRIE[8]6.95420.00459720.6153
    LIME[9]7.26120.012413900.3444
    Proposed method7.14250.00323780.7356
    Table 3. Objective evaluation index of differentmethods for real low-light images
    Hongqiang Ma, Shiping Ma, Yuelei Xu, Mingming Zhu. Low-Light Image Enhancement Based on Deep Convolutional Neural Network[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2019, 39(2): 0210004
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