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Multiplicative noise (also known as speckle noise) models are central to the study of coherent imaging systems, such as synthetic aperture radar and sonar, and ultrasound and laser imaging. These models introduce two additional layers of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-05-14 José M. Bioucas-Dias , Mário A. T. Figueiredo

In this paper, a novel image enhancement network is proposed, where HDR images are used for generating training data for our network. Most of conventional image enhancement methods, including Retinex based methods, do not take into account…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-01-28 Yuma Kinoshita , Hitoshi Kiya

We propose a novel Retinex image-decomposition network that can be trained in a self-supervised manner. The Retinex image-decomposition aims to decompose an image into illumination-invariant and illumination-variant components, referred to…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-02-09 Kouki Seo , Yuma Kinoshita , Hitoshi Kiya

Generalizable Image Super-Resolution aims to enhance model generalization capabilities under unknown degradations. To achieve this goal, the models are expected to focus only on image content-related features instead of overfitting…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-19 Hongjun Wang , Jiyuan Chen , Zhengwei Yin , Xuan Song , Yinqiang Zheng

When imaging through a semi-reflective medium such as glass, the reflection of another scene can often be found in the captured images. It degrades the quality of the images and affects their subsequent analyses. In this paper, a novel deep…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-11 Tingtian Li , Yuk-Hee Chan , Daniel P. K. Lun

Acquired images for medical and other purposes can be affected by noise from both the equipment used in the capturing or the environment. This can have adverse effect on the information therein. Thus, the need to restore the image to its…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-19 E. G. Onyedinma , I. E. Onyenwe

When enhancing low-light images, many deep learning algorithms are based on the Retinex theory. However, the Retinex model does not consider the corruptions hidden in the dark or introduced by the light-up process. Besides, these methods…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-10-30 Yuanhao Cai , Hao Bian , Jing Lin , Haoqian Wang , Radu Timofte , Yulun Zhang

Low-light image enhancement (LLIE) techniques attempt to increase the visibility of images captured in low-light scenarios. However, as a result of enhancement, a variety of image degradations such as noise and color bias are revealed.…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-10 Savvas Panagiotou , Anna S. Bosman

Low-Light Image Enhancement (LLIE) has long been a challenging problem in low-level vision, as insufficient illumination often leads to low contrast, detail loss, and noise. Recent studies show that deep learning-based Retinex theory can…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-20 Ziqi Wang , Xu Zhang , Laibin Chang , Shi Chen , Jiaqi Ma , Huan Zhang

Low-light images captured in the real world are inevitably corrupted by sensor noise. Such noise is spatially variant and highly dependent on the underlying pixel intensity, deviating from the oversimplified assumptions in conventional…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-07-13 Zeyuan Chen , Yifan Jiang , Dong Liu , Zhangyang Wang

This paper proposes a new framework for low-light image enhancement by simultaneously conducting the appearance as well as structure modeling. It employs the structural feature to guide the appearance enhancement, leading to sharp and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-05-11 Xiaogang Xu , Ruixing Wang , Jiangbo Lu

This paper focuses on finding the most optimal pre-processing methods considering three common algorithms for image enhancement: Brightening, CLAHE and Retinex. For the purpose of image training in general, these methods will be combined to…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-03-25 Thi Phuoc Hanh Nguyen , Zinan Cai , Khanh Nguyen , Sokuntheariddh Keth , Ningyuan Shen , Mira Park

This paper introduces a novel approach to illumination manipulation in diffusion models, addressing the gap in conditional image generation with a focus on lighting conditions. We conceptualize the diffusion model as a black-box image…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-07-31 Xiaoyan Xing , Vincent Tao Hu , Jan Hendrik Metzen , Konrad Groh , Sezer Karaoglu , Theo Gevers

Scene inference under low-light is a challenging problem due to severe noise in the captured images. One way to reduce noise is to use longer exposure during the capture. However, in the presence of motion (scene or camera motion), longer…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-07-26 Bhavya Goyal , Jean-François Lalonde , Yin Li , Mohit Gupta

We introduce Adaptive Guided Upsampling (AGU), an efficient method for upscaling low-light images capable of optimizing multiple image quality characteristics at the same time, such as reducing noise and increasing sharpness. It is based on…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-21 Angela Vivian Dcosta , Chunbo Song , Rafael Radkowski

Nighttime images captured under hazy conditions suffer from severe quality degradation, including low visibility, color distortion, and reduced contrast, caused by the combined effects of atmospheric scattering, absorption by suspended…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-01 Francesco Moretti , Giulia Bianchi , Andrea Gallo

Real-world imaging systems acquire measurements that are degraded by noise, optical aberrations, and other imperfections that make image processing for human viewing and higher-level perception tasks challenging. Conventional cameras…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-05-11 Steven Diamond , Vincent Sitzmann , Frank Julca-Aguilar , Stephen Boyd , Gordon Wetzstein , Felix Heide

Images captured in low-light environment often suffer from complex degradation. Simply adjusting light would inevitably result in burst of hidden noise and color distortion. To seek results with satisfied lighting, cleanliness, and realism…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-12-01 Qiming Hu , Xiaojie Guo

When capturing images in low-light conditions, the images often suffer from low visibility, which not only degrades the visual aesthetics of images, but also significantly degenerates the performance of many computer vision algorithms. In…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-12-17 Lijun Zhang , Xiao Liu , Erik Learned-Miller , Hui Guan

The acquisition of paired low-light video sequences remains challenging due to issues associated with poor temporal consistency, varying illumination characteristics and camera parameters. This has driven significant interest in…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-02 Yini Li , Louis Forster , David Bull , Nantheera Anantrasirichai