Underwater image enhancement algorithm based on Retinex and wavelet fusion
Junjun Chen, Zhengzhong Gao, Chen Yuan Huang, Lixing Yang · IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science · 2020
Abstract Aiming at the problems of color cast, low contrast and fuzz in the original underwater image, this paper proposes an underwater image enhancement algorithm based on Retinex and wavelet fusion. First, this paper uses the multi-scale Retinex algorithm to perform color correction processing on underwater images. Then, this paper performs gamma transformation and sharpening on the image to improve the contrast and sharpness of the image. Finally, this paper uses wavelet fusion algorithm for image fusion to obtain underwater images with clear textures and details. Through subjective and objective evaluation with other algorithms, the algorithm proposed in this paper improves the color cast and fuzz, and improves the contrast and clarity of the image.