• Opto-Electronic Advances
  • Vol. 1, Issue 10, 180024 (2018)
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Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of Adaptive Optics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, China
  • 2Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, China
  • 3University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 4Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai 264003, China
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    DOI: 10.29026/oea.2018.180024 Cite this Article
    [in Chinese], [in Chinese], [in Chinese], [in Chinese], [in Chinese]. Underwater image enhancement based on red channel weighted compensation and gamma correction model[J]. Opto-Electronic Advances, 2018, 1(10): 180024 Copy Citation Text show less
    Light absorption at different wavelengths underwater.
    Fig. 1. Light absorption at different wavelengths underwater.
    The sample images.
    Fig. 2. The sample images.
    RGB channels and corresponding histogram distribution. (a) Original image. (b) R channel. (c) G channel. (d) B channel. (e) Histogram distribution of R. (f) Histogram distribution of G. (g) Histogram distribution of B.
    Fig. 3. RGB channels and corresponding histogram distribution. (a) Original image. (b) R channel. (c) G channel. (d) B channel. (e) Histogram distribution of R. (f) Histogram distribution of G. (g) Histogram distribution of B.
    (a) Underwater image. (b) Estimated theoretical value in red rectangle. (c) RGB color cube.
    Fig. 4. (a) Underwater image. (b) Estimated theoretical value in red rectangle. (c) RGB color cube.
    (a) Original image. (b) Red channel after compensation. (c) Red channel after guided filtering. (d) New RGB image.
    Fig. 5. (a) Original image. (b) Red channel after compensation. (c) Red channel after guided filtering. (d) New RGB image.
    (a) Histogram. (b) Cumulative histogram.
    Fig. 6. (a) Histogram. (b) Cumulative histogram.
    Gamma correction curve.
    Fig. 7. Gamma correction curve.
    Algorithm flow. (a) Original image. (b) After compensation. (c) γ =0.8.
    Fig. 8. Algorithm flow. (a) Original image. (b) After compensation. (c) γ =0.8.
    (a) Original image. (b) γ =0.3. (c) γ =0.6. (d) γ =0.9. (e) γ =1.2. (f) γ =1.5.
    Fig. 9. (a) Original image. (b) γ =0.3. (c) γ =0.6. (d) γ =0.9. (e) γ =1.2. (f) γ =1.5.
    Comparison of different methods. (a) Original images. (b) DCP. (c) Histogram equalization. (d) Gray World. (e) UCM. (f) Our results.
    Fig. 10. Comparison of different methods. (a) Original images. (b) DCP. (c) Histogram equalization. (d) Gray World. (e) UCM. (f) Our results.
    Comparison of different methods of actual underwater images. (a) Original images. (b) Histogram equalization. (c) UDCP. (d) Gray World. (e) UCM. (f) Our result.
    Fig. 11. Comparison of different methods of actual underwater images. (a) Original images. (b) Histogram equalization. (c) UDCP. (d) Gray World. (e) UCM. (f) Our result.
    Video restoration by proposed algorithm.
    Fig. 12. Video restoration by proposed algorithm.
    ImagesOriginal imageHistogram equalizationUDCPGray WorldUCMProposed algorithm
    Example 16.05917.38435.66615.29536.79937.6016
    Example 26.26427.40766.02315.51676.81027.6598
    Example 36.89837.36466.37456.09436.61687.7037
    Example 46.65937.37146.22555.94506.75467.7170
    Example 56.71077.39566.32835.96426.77967.7500
    Table 1. The entropy of images.
    ImagesOriginal imageHistogram equalizationUDCPGray WorldUCMProposed algorithm
    Example 10.52961.61130.00340.61980.71791.2163
    Example 20.60921.16370.00360.72380.92141.3514
    Example 30.72251.44380.00380.80021.19211.4655
    Example 41.00481.93960.00561.29231.41221.9548
    Example 50.96351.75280.00541.10691.30131.8473
    Table 2. The contrast of images.
    ResolutionTime/msSpeedup ratio
    CPUCUDA
    640×480324.3411.1529.09
    720×540381.6511.6032.90
    1080×7201112.0921.7951.04
    1280×8101547.4535.0144.20
    Table 3. Calculation time for different resolutions.
    [in Chinese], [in Chinese], [in Chinese], [in Chinese], [in Chinese]. Underwater image enhancement based on red channel weighted compensation and gamma correction model[J]. Opto-Electronic Advances, 2018, 1(10): 180024
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