A Survey on Underwater Image Processing Techniques

Arya Ravindran, Anand Lokapure, Dr. Aisha Fernandes
International Journal of Computational and Electronic Aspects in Engineering
Volume 3: Issue 2, June 2022, pp 18-25

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Arya Ravindran1 
Corresponding Author
1Student, Department of Information Technology and Engineering, Goa College of Engineering, Ponda, Goa, India.
krarya106@gmail.com

Anand Lokapure2
21Scientist, Marine Instrumentation, National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa, India.

 Dr. Aisha Fernandes3
3Associate Professor, Department of Information Technology and Engineering, Goa College of Engineering, Ponda, Goa, India.
Technical Article -- Peer Reviewed
First online on – 02 August 2022

Open Access article under Creative Commons License

Cite this article –Arya Ravindran, Anand Lokapure, Dr. Aisha Fernandes “A Survey on Underwater Image Processing Techniques ”, International Journal of Computational and Electronic Aspects in Engineering, RAME Publishers, vol. 3, Issue 2, pp. 18-25, 2022.
https://doi.org/10.26706/ijceae.3.2.arset0745

Abstract:-
Images taken underwater generally suffer from various forms of degradation due to the effects of absorption, light scattering due to suspended particles, presence of background light, low light, et cetera. Over the years, researchers have put forth various underwater image enhancement and image restoration techniques to improve the conditions of these images to assist in the examination and analysis of marine lifeforms and underwater objects. This paper aims to provide a summary and analysis of a few recent existing underwater image enhancement and image restoration techniques that were put forth in the past six years. Also, the performance of a few of the methods was evaluated both subjectively and objectively.
Index Terms:-
underwater image enhancement, underwater image restoration, scattering, noise, contrast.
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