Survey of natural image enhancement techniques: Classification, evaluation, challenges, and perspectives

X Liu, M Pedersen, R Wang - Digital Signal Processing, 2022 - Elsevier
Image enhancement is an essential technique used in many imaging applications. The main
motivation of image enhancement is processing an image to be more suitable for specific …

A comprehensive overview of image enhancement techniques

Y Qi, Z Yang, W Sun, M Lou, J Lian, W Zhao… - … Methods in Engineering, 2021 - Springer
Image enhancement plays an important role in improving image quality in the field of image
processing, which is achieved by highlighting useful information and suppressing redundant …

Low-light image enhancement based on virtual exposure

W Wang, D Yan, X Wu, W He, Z Chen, X Yuan… - Signal Processing: Image …, 2023 - Elsevier
Under poor illumination, the image information captured by a camera is partially lost, which
seriously affects the visual perception of the human. Inspired by the idea that the fusion of …

Learning rules in spiking neural networks: A survey

Z Yi, J Lian, Q Liu, H Zhu, D Liang, J Liu - Neurocomputing, 2023 - Elsevier
Spiking neural networks (SNNs) are a promising energy-efficient alternative to artificial
neural networks (ANNs) due to their rich dynamics, capability to process spatiotemporal …

Low-light image enhancement via the absorption light scattering model

YF Wang, HM Liu, ZW Fu - IEEE Transactions on Image …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Low light often leads to poor image visibility, which can easily affect the performance of
computer vision algorithms. First, this paper proposes the absorption light scattering model …

[HTML][HTML] A switched view of Retinex: Deep self-regularized low-light image enhancement

Z Jiang, H Li, L Liu, A Men, H Wang - Neurocomputing, 2021 - Elsevier
Self-regularized low-light image enhancement does not require any normal-light image in
training, thereby freeing from the chains of paired or unpaired training data that are time …

Structure-aware image fusion

W Li, Y Xie, H Zhou, Y Han, K Zhan - Optik, 2018 - Elsevier
Most existing multi-modal image fusion methods require multi-scale transforms. However,
this requirement does not necessarily lead to the fusion result containing the original …

Modified differential evolution algorithm for contrast and brightness enhancement of satellite images

S Suresh, S Lal - Applied Soft Computing, 2017 - Elsevier
Satellite images normally possess relatively narrow brightness value ranges necessitating
the requirement for contrast stretching, preserving the relevant details before further image …

Framelet regularization for uneven intensity correction of color images with illumination and reflectance estimation

Z Huang, L Huang, Q Li, T Zhang, N Sang - Neurocomputing, 2018 - Elsevier
To solve the problem of simultaneously estimating the illumination and reflectance (IR) from
a single image based on the Retinex theory, an effective way is utilizing a Maximum-a …

Modified chameleon swarm algorithm for brightness and contrast enhancement of satellite images

MS Braik - Multimedia Tools and Applications, 2024 - Springer
Satellite images usually have relatively narrow brightness value ranges which entails a
demand to broaden the contrast and retain relevant details contained in the images prior to …