CPDM: Content-Preserving Diffusion Model for Underwater Image Enhancement

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Main Authors: Shi, Xiaowen, Wang, Yuan-Gen
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author Shi, Xiaowen
Wang, Yuan-Gen
author_facet Shi, Xiaowen
Wang, Yuan-Gen
contents Underwater image enhancement (UIE) is challenging since image degradation in aquatic environments is complicated and changing over time. Existing mainstream methods rely on either physical-model or data-driven, suffering from performance bottlenecks due to changes in imaging conditions or training instability. In this article, we make the first attempt to adapt the diffusion model to the UIE task and propose a Content-Preserving Diffusion Model (CPDM) to address the above challenges. CPDM first leverages a diffusion model as its fundamental model for stable training and then designs a content-preserving framework to deal with changes in imaging conditions. Specifically, we construct a conditional input module by adopting both the raw image and the difference between the raw and noisy images as the input, which can enhance the model's adaptability by considering the changes involving the raw images in underwater environments. To preserve the essential content of the raw images, we construct a content compensation module for content-aware training by extracting low-level features from the raw images. Extensive experimental results validate the effectiveness of our CPDM, surpassing the state-of-the-art methods in terms of both subjective and objective metrics.
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spellingShingle CPDM: Content-Preserving Diffusion Model for Underwater Image Enhancement
Shi, Xiaowen
Wang, Yuan-Gen
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Underwater image enhancement (UIE) is challenging since image degradation in aquatic environments is complicated and changing over time. Existing mainstream methods rely on either physical-model or data-driven, suffering from performance bottlenecks due to changes in imaging conditions or training instability. In this article, we make the first attempt to adapt the diffusion model to the UIE task and propose a Content-Preserving Diffusion Model (CPDM) to address the above challenges. CPDM first leverages a diffusion model as its fundamental model for stable training and then designs a content-preserving framework to deal with changes in imaging conditions. Specifically, we construct a conditional input module by adopting both the raw image and the difference between the raw and noisy images as the input, which can enhance the model's adaptability by considering the changes involving the raw images in underwater environments. To preserve the essential content of the raw images, we construct a content compensation module for content-aware training by extracting low-level features from the raw images. Extensive experimental results validate the effectiveness of our CPDM, surpassing the state-of-the-art methods in terms of both subjective and objective metrics.
title CPDM: Content-Preserving Diffusion Model for Underwater Image Enhancement
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.15649