IGFU: A Hybrid Underwater Image Enhancement Approach Combining Adaptive GWA, FFA-Net With USM

To address the issue of color distortion and blurriness in underwater imageries, a hybrid Underwater Image Enhancement (UIE) method combining Adaptive Gray World Algorithm (GWA), Feature Fusion Attention Network (FFA-Net) and Unsharp Masking (USM) is proposed in this research. This method begins wit...

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Main Authors: Xin Yuan, Chenhui Wang, Xiaohong Chen, Mingxuan Wang, Ning Li, Changli Yu
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Published: IEEE 2025-01-01
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author Xin Yuan
Chenhui Wang
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description To address the issue of color distortion and blurriness in underwater imageries, a hybrid Underwater Image Enhancement (UIE) method combining Adaptive Gray World Algorithm (GWA), Feature Fusion Attention Network (FFA-Net) and Unsharp Masking (USM) is proposed in this research. This method begins with color correction by applying different stretching processes to the RGB components based on the image's color information, and iteratively corrects the colors. Next, the corrected image undergoes dehazing via FFA-Net to eliminate underwater haze and improve clarity. Ultimately, USM is applied to amplify high-frequency components, thus enhancing edge details. Qualitative and quantitative comparisons demonstrate that the proposed Improved GWA FFA-Net USM (IGFU) method outperforms existing techniques in underwater image quality.
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spelling doaj-art-6eeaaa5b47f5441fb5340d48f7bf497b2025-08-20T02:15:32ZengIEEEIEEE Open Journal of the Computer Society2644-12682025-01-01629430610.1109/OJCS.2024.349269810767312IGFU: A Hybrid Underwater Image Enhancement Approach Combining Adaptive GWA, FFA-Net With USMXin Yuan0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6616-9640Chenhui Wang1Xiaohong Chen2Mingxuan Wang3Ning Li4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8567-4025Changli Yu5https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9593-3812School of Ocean Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, ChinaSchool of Ocean Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, ChinaSchool of Ocean Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, ChinaSchool of Ocean Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, ChinaSchool of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, ChinaSchool of Ocean Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, ChinaTo address the issue of color distortion and blurriness in underwater imageries, a hybrid Underwater Image Enhancement (UIE) method combining Adaptive Gray World Algorithm (GWA), Feature Fusion Attention Network (FFA-Net) and Unsharp Masking (USM) is proposed in this research. This method begins with color correction by applying different stretching processes to the RGB components based on the image's color information, and iteratively corrects the colors. Next, the corrected image undergoes dehazing via FFA-Net to eliminate underwater haze and improve clarity. Ultimately, USM is applied to amplify high-frequency components, thus enhancing edge details. Qualitative and quantitative comparisons demonstrate that the proposed Improved GWA FFA-Net USM (IGFU) method outperforms existing techniques in underwater image quality.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10767312/FFA-NetGWAUIEUSM
spellingShingle Xin Yuan
Chenhui Wang
Xiaohong Chen
Mingxuan Wang
Ning Li
Changli Yu
IGFU: A Hybrid Underwater Image Enhancement Approach Combining Adaptive GWA, FFA-Net With USM
IEEE Open Journal of the Computer Society
FFA-Net
GWA
UIE
USM
title IGFU: A Hybrid Underwater Image Enhancement Approach Combining Adaptive GWA, FFA-Net With USM
title_full IGFU: A Hybrid Underwater Image Enhancement Approach Combining Adaptive GWA, FFA-Net With USM
title_fullStr IGFU: A Hybrid Underwater Image Enhancement Approach Combining Adaptive GWA, FFA-Net With USM
title_full_unstemmed IGFU: A Hybrid Underwater Image Enhancement Approach Combining Adaptive GWA, FFA-Net With USM
title_short IGFU: A Hybrid Underwater Image Enhancement Approach Combining Adaptive GWA, FFA-Net With USM
title_sort igfu a hybrid underwater image enhancement approach combining adaptive gwa ffa net with usm
topic FFA-Net
GWA
UIE
USM
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10767312/
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