Underwater range-gated laser imaging enhancement based on contrast-limited adaptive histogram equalization

Liang Sun; Xinwei Wang; Xiaoquan Liu; Pengdao Ren; Pingshun Lei; Ruirong You; Jun He; Yan Zhou; Yuliang Liu

doi:10.1117/12.2246033

31 October 2016 Underwater range-gated laser imaging enhancement based on contrast-limited adaptive histogram equalization

Liang Sun, Xinwei Wang, Xiaoquan Liu, Pengdao Ren, Pingshun Lei, Ruirong You, Jun He, Yan Zhou, Yuliang Liu

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Proceedings Volume 10020, Optoelectronic Imaging and Multimedia Technology IV; 1002015 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2246033
Event: SPIE/COS Photonics Asia, 2016, Beijing, China

Abstract

Underwater range-gated laser imaging (URGLI) still has some problems like un-uniform light, low brightness and contrast. To solve the problems, a variant of adaptive histogram equalization called contrast limited adaptive histogram equalization (CLAHE) is proposed in this paper. In experiment, using the CLAHE and HE to enhance the images, and evaluate the quality of enhanced images by peak signal to noise ratio (PSNR) and contrast. The result shows that the HE gets the images over-enhanced, while the CLAHE has a good enhancement with compressing the over-enhancement and the influence of un-uniform light. The experimental results demonstrate that the CLAHE has a good result of image enhancement for target detection by underwater range-gated laser imaging system.

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Liang Sun, Xinwei Wang, Xiaoquan Liu, Pengdao Ren, Pingshun Lei, Ruirong You, Jun He, Yan Zhou, and Yuliang Liu "Underwater range-gated laser imaging enhancement based on contrast-limited adaptive histogram equalization", Proc. SPIE 10020, Optoelectronic Imaging and Multimedia Technology IV, 1002015 (31 October 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2246033

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