An In-depth Survey of Underwater Image

Enhancement and Restoration

Miao Yang, Jintong Hu, Chongyi Li, Gustavo Rohde, Yixiang Du, Ke Hu

Abstract— Images taken under water usually suffer from the problems of quality degradation, such as low contrast, blurring
details, color deviations, non-uniform illumination, etc. As an important problem in image processing and computer vision, the
restoration and enhancement of underwater image are necessary for numerous practical applications. Over the last few decades,
underwater image restoration and enhancement have been attracting an increasing amount of research effort. However, a
comprehensive and in-depth survey of related achievements and improvements is still missing, especially the survey of underwater
image dataset which is a key issue in underwater image processing and intelligent application. In this exposition, we first
summarize more than 120 studies about the latest progress in underwater image restoration and enhancement, including the
techniques, datasets, available codes, and evaluation metrics. We analyze the contributions and limitations of existing methods to
facilitate the comprehensive understanding of underwater image restoration and enhancement. Furthermore, we provide detailed
objective evaluations and analysis of the representative methods on five types of underwater scenarios, which verifies the
applicability of these methods in different underwater conditions. Finally, we discuss the potential challenges and open issues of
underwater image restoration and enhancement and suggest possible research directions in the future.

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