4 October 2024 IDC-Net: integrated dynamic context network for underwater image enhancement
Zenglu Li, Xiaoyu Guo, Xiaohua Wu
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Abstract

Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) can use larger convolutional kernels to provide a wide receptive field, achieving long-distance context processing similar to that of transformers with fewer model parameters. However, the complex and dynamic degradation of underwater environments makes it difficult for fixed large-kernel CNNs to adaptively capture complex multi-scale features underwater and dynamically integrate a broad range of contextual information. To address these issues, we propose the integrated dynamic context network, which adopts multi-scale receptive fields and adaptively processes global contextual information. In its core module, the integrated dynamic context module is incorporated; it uses multiple different-sized kernels to capture multi-scale features and designs a dynamic selection mechanism that adaptively emphasizes the most critical spatial features while fully utilizing extensive information. The proposed dynamic selective feature fusion module promotes valuable screening of redundant features through the fusion of multi-scale feature maps derived from the encoder and the previous layer decoder. Extensive experimental results verify the superior performance of the proposed method in addressing these challenges.

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Zenglu Li, Xiaoyu Guo, and Xiaohua Wu "IDC-Net: integrated dynamic context network for underwater image enhancement," Journal of Electronic Imaging 33(5), 053027 (4 October 2024). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JEI.33.5.053027
Received: 7 June 2024; Accepted: 6 September 2024; Published: 4 October 2024
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KEYWORDS
Image enhancement

Image processing

Convolution

RGB color model

Visualization

Education and training

Feature fusion

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