• Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Vol. 57, Issue 20, 201004 (2020)
Huixian Huang and Fanhao Chen*
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  • College of Information Engineering, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, Hunan 411105, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/LOP57.201004 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Huixian Huang, Fanhao Chen. Low-Illumination Image Enhancement Method Based on Attention Mechanism and Retinex[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2020, 57(20): 201004 Copy Citation Text show less
    Generation process and results of illuminance characteristics. (a) Generation process; (b) illumination feature visualization result
    Fig. 1. Generation process and results of illuminance characteristics. (a) Generation process; (b) illumination feature visualization result
    Add visual results of AM layer. (a) Original images; (b) visualized results
    Fig. 2. Add visual results of AM layer. (a) Original images; (b) visualized results
    Results of influence on light map before and after adding attention mechanism layer and its partial enlarged maps.(a) Light maps; (b) reflection maps; (c) light maps without AM layer; (d) light maps with AM layer
    Fig. 3. Results of influence on light map before and after adding attention mechanism layer and its partial enlarged maps.(a) Light maps; (b) reflection maps; (c) light maps without AM layer; (d) light maps with AM layer
    AM-RetinexNet structure diagram
    Fig. 4. AM-RetinexNet structure diagram
    Y channel frequency diagram of three images
    Fig. 5. Y channel frequency diagram of three images
    Comparison of enhancement effect of real indoor low-illumination images and its partial enlarged images. (a) Original images; (b) MSR algorithm; (c) LIME algorithm; (d) LLNet algorithm; (e) RetinexNet algorithm; (f) AM-RetinexNet algorithm; (g) ground truth
    Fig. 6. Comparison of enhancement effect of real indoor low-illumination images and its partial enlarged images. (a) Original images; (b) MSR algorithm; (c) LIME algorithm; (d) LLNet algorithm; (e) RetinexNet algorithm; (f) AM-RetinexNet algorithm; (g) ground truth
    Comparison of enhancement effect of real outdoor low-illumination images and its partial enlarged images. (a) Original images; (b) MSR algorithm; (c) LIME algorithm; (d) LLNet algorithm; (e) RetinexNet algorithm; (f) AM-RetinexNet algorithm; (g) truth map
    Fig. 7. Comparison of enhancement effect of real outdoor low-illumination images and its partial enlarged images. (a) Original images; (b) MSR algorithm; (c) LIME algorithm; (d) LLNet algorithm; (e) RetinexNet algorithm; (f) AM-RetinexNet algorithm; (g) truth map
    MethodConditionPSNRSSIM
    Filter arrayExposuretime /s
    MSRBayer1/2514.670.63
    1/3014.830.62
    X-Trans1/2515.330.64
    1/3015.010.62
    LIMEBayer1/2514.690.62
    1/3014.790.59
    X-Trans1/2514.880.65
    1/3015.840.64
    LLNetBayer1/2518.520.70
    1/3018.040.69
    X-Trans1/2518.990.71
    1/3019.020.70
    RetinexNetBayer1/2518.020.80
    1/3017.940.73
    X-Trans1/2518.110.82
    1/3018.250.81
    AM-RetinexNetBayer1/2520.900.83
    1/3020.880.80
    X-Trans1/2521.950.84
    1/3021.220.82
    Table 1. Comparison results under different imaging parameters and modes
    Huixian Huang, Fanhao Chen. Low-Illumination Image Enhancement Method Based on Attention Mechanism and Retinex[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2020, 57(20): 201004
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