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Joint Image Dehazing and Denoising For Single Haze Image Enhancement
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  • Yu Yuting,
  • Ding bosheng,
  • Huang Shizhao,
  • Cheng Ming,
  • Wang Enliang,
  • Tu Defeng,
  • Tan Linglong
Yu Yuting
Anhui Xinhua University
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Ding bosheng
Beijing Institute of Technology

Corresponding Author:dbs2007@126.com

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Huang Shizhao
Anhui Xinhua University
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Cheng Ming
Anhui Xinhua University
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Wang Enliang
Anhui Xinhua University
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Tu Defeng
Anhui Xinhua University
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Tan Linglong
Anhui Xinhua University
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Abstract

Outdoor haze images are typically degraded by noise due to the external environment and imaging equipment. The existing haze image enhancement methods ignore the interrelation between haze and noise, which cannot suppress the noise and remove the haze simultaneously . To address these intractable problems, a dual-branch architecture that combines dehazing and denoising is proposed in this paper to restore clear images. First, we adopt dark channel prior and unsupervised networks in the image dehazing branch to remove the image blur. Then, the image denoising branch removes the image noise in parallel by constructing a mean/extreme sampler and a self-supervised network. Finally, a CNN fusion strategy is presented to fuse output images from the aforementioned two branches to generate the final qualified results. Extensive experiments reveal that the proposed haze image enhancement method outperforms other state-of-the-art methods in terms of PSNR and SSIM.
Submitted to Electronics Letters
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08 Jul 2024Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
18 Sep 2024Editorial Decision: Revise Major
30 Sep 20241st Revision Received
01 Oct 2024Submission Checks Completed
01 Oct 2024Assigned to Editor
01 Oct 2024Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
01 Oct 2024Reviewer(s) Assigned
06 Oct 2024Editorial Decision: Accept