Fast Visibility Restoration Using a Single Degradation Image in Scattering Media
Visibility restoration of an image degraded by scattering media (such as haze, fog, smog) is a challenging task which requires careful design of computational methods. The fundamental problem which limits clear image reconstruction is the random diffusion of light in the scattering medium. Recently,...
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| author | Yingbo Wang Jie Cao Chengqiang Xu Saad Rizvi Kun Li Qun Hao |
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| description | Visibility restoration of an image degraded by scattering media (such as haze, fog, smog) is a challenging task which requires careful design of computational methods. The fundamental problem which limits clear image reconstruction is the random diffusion of light in the scattering medium. Recently, the dark channel prior method has emerged as a powerful approach for haze removal under adverse weather conditions. However, this method requires high computational time, and fails to achieve haze-free image in the sky region. To overcome these problems, we propose a novel imaging method based on quadtree theory combined with transmission optimization (QTCTO) to restore the visibility of images degraded by scattering medium. The proposed method uses the quadtree theory (for region segmentation) to estimate the global atmospheric light, while the transmission in the media is estimated by coefficient modification for the dark channel. The experimental results show that the proposed method is robust against scattering (under smoke and turbid water conditions) and has the advantage of low computational time. The proposed method can be used for security surveillance, remote sensing, and various military applications. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-fa40f9cd0a9447cfb95c0b545ab3619e2025-08-20T03:32:33ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552020-01-0112311310.1109/JPHOT.2020.29882799072525Fast Visibility Restoration Using a Single Degradation Image in Scattering MediaYingbo Wang0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6447-8730Jie Cao1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8376-7669Chengqiang Xu2Saad Rizvi3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3942-0857Kun Li4Qun Hao5https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2577-9391School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Key Laboratory of Biomimetic Robots and Systems, Ministry of Education, Beijing, ChinaSchool of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Key Laboratory of Biomimetic Robots and Systems, Ministry of Education, Beijing, ChinaSchool of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Key Laboratory of Biomimetic Robots and Systems, Ministry of Education, Beijing, ChinaSchool of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Key Laboratory of Biomimetic Robots and Systems, Ministry of Education, Beijing, ChinaSchool of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Key Laboratory of Biomimetic Robots and Systems, Ministry of Education, Beijing, ChinaSchool of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Key Laboratory of Biomimetic Robots and Systems, Ministry of Education, Beijing, ChinaVisibility restoration of an image degraded by scattering media (such as haze, fog, smog) is a challenging task which requires careful design of computational methods. The fundamental problem which limits clear image reconstruction is the random diffusion of light in the scattering medium. Recently, the dark channel prior method has emerged as a powerful approach for haze removal under adverse weather conditions. However, this method requires high computational time, and fails to achieve haze-free image in the sky region. To overcome these problems, we propose a novel imaging method based on quadtree theory combined with transmission optimization (QTCTO) to restore the visibility of images degraded by scattering medium. The proposed method uses the quadtree theory (for region segmentation) to estimate the global atmospheric light, while the transmission in the media is estimated by coefficient modification for the dark channel. The experimental results show that the proposed method is robust against scattering (under smoke and turbid water conditions) and has the advantage of low computational time. The proposed method can be used for security surveillance, remote sensing, and various military applications.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9072525/Visibility restorationpropagation and scatteringturbid mediaatmospheric optics |
| spellingShingle | Yingbo Wang Jie Cao Chengqiang Xu Saad Rizvi Kun Li Qun Hao Fast Visibility Restoration Using a Single Degradation Image in Scattering Media IEEE Photonics Journal Visibility restoration propagation and scattering turbid media atmospheric optics |
| title | Fast Visibility Restoration Using a Single Degradation Image in Scattering Media |
| title_full | Fast Visibility Restoration Using a Single Degradation Image in Scattering Media |
| title_fullStr | Fast Visibility Restoration Using a Single Degradation Image in Scattering Media |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fast Visibility Restoration Using a Single Degradation Image in Scattering Media |
| title_short | Fast Visibility Restoration Using a Single Degradation Image in Scattering Media |
| title_sort | fast visibility restoration using a single degradation image in scattering media |
| topic | Visibility restoration propagation and scattering turbid media atmospheric optics |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9072525/ |
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