Low-Light Image Enhancement: Image

Restoration of Low-Light Images Using

Conditional Generative Adversarial
Networks (cGANs)

Supervised by: Prepared by:

Mr. Krishna Das Md. Murshid Zaman Bhuiyan
Assistant Professor, ID# 19303037
Department of Computer Raian Hossain
Science and Engineering, IUBAT ID# 19303050
 Contents
⚫ Introduction
⚫ Problem Statement
⚫ Objectives
⚫ Literature Review
⚫ Methodology
⚫ Workflow
⚫ Probable Outcome
⚫ Scope and Limitations
⚫ List of References
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 Introduction
⚫ Low-light image enhancement using Conditional Generative
Adversarial Networks (cGANs)
⚫ Challenges in low-light images: poor visibility, high noise levels,
loss of details
⚫ Leveraging the power of cGANs, a type of deep learning
architecture
⚫ Training cGANs on paired low-light and well-exposed images
⚫ Generating visually appealing and realistic enhanced versions of
low-light images
⚫ Advancing the field of image restoration through cGANs and low-
light image enhancement.
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 Problem Statement
⚫ Current methods for enhancing low-light images produce unsatisfactory
results.
⚫ There is a need for an optimized technique that can effectively handle
challenges like noise, illumination, and contrast in low-light images.
⚫ Traditional image processing techniques are insufficient, and exploring
advanced deep learning approaches like cGANs is necessary.
⚫ Limited availability of paired low-light and well-exposed image datasets
hinders progress in enhancing low-light images.
⚫ Developing reliable evaluation criteria to measure the effectiveness of cGAN-
based techniques is necessary.
⚫ cGAN-based methods for low-light image enhancement are computationally
complex and resource-intensive, requiring optimization for real-time
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 Objectives of the research
Broad Objective: The broad objective of this topic is to develop an
effective method using cGANs to enhance the quality of low-light images
by improving visibility, reducing noise, and preserving details.
Specific Objectives:
⚫ Design and implement a cGAN-based model for enhancing low-light
images by addressing challenges such as noise reduction, contrast
enhancement, and detail preservation.
⚫ Take a large-scale dataset of paired low-light and well-exposed images
for training and evaluating the model.
⚫ Optimize the computational efficiency of the cGAN model for real-time
low-light image enhancement applications and evaluate its performance
using objective metrics and user studies. 5
 Literature Review-1
⚫ Many researches have been done their research in automatic low-light image
enhancement.
⚫ Tittle: Li-Wen Wang (2020) Lightening Network for Low-light Image
Enhancement.
⚫ This paper focuses on residual learning problem that is to estimate the residual
between low-light and normal-light images.
⚫ Method:
◦ Interactive Low-light Enhancement
◦ Deep Lightening Network(DLN)
◦ Lightening Back-Projection(LBP)
◦ Feature Aggregation(FA)
⚫ Future Scope: The concepts in this study might also be applied to such other
fields such as driving assistance, surveillance, medical imaging, and robotics.
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 Literature Review-2
⚫ Tittle: Banglian Xu(2021) Low-light image restoration using discrete
cosine transform and conditional generative adversarial network.
⚫ The main purpose of the research paper is to propose a method for
improving low-light image quality under conditions of low signal-to-noise
ratio (SNR) by using a combination of discrete cosine transform (DCT)
and conditional generative adversarial network (CGAN) algorithms.
⚫ Method
◦ Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR)
◦ Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT)
◦ Conditional Generative Adversarial Network (CGAN) algorithm
⚫ Future Scope: The concepts in this study might also be applied to such
other fields such as security, surveillance, medical imaging.
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 Data Source
⚫ We collected dataset from online:
https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/soumikrakshit/lol-dataset
⚫ Dataset Example:

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 Methodology
⚫ Proposed Model Architecture:

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Preprocessing phase for the data

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Workflow

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 Probable Outcome
⚫ Restored low-light images with enhanced visual quality,
brightness, and details.
⚫ Reduction of noise and artifacts commonly found in low-light
images.
⚫ Comparative analysis of the cGAN-based approach against
other low-light image enhancement techniques.
⚫ Insights into the limitations and challenges of using cGANs
for low-light image enhancement.
⚫ Suggestions for future research and improvements in the field
of low-light image restoration.
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 Scope of the study
⚫ Scope:
⚫ Study the effectiveness of conditional generative
adversarial networks (cGANs) for low-light image
enhancement.
⚫ Investigate the impact of cGAN-based image restoration
techniques on improving the quality of low-light images.
⚫ Evaluate the performance of the proposed approach using
quantitative metrics and visual analysis.

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 Conclusion
⚫ The study demonstrates the effectiveness of conditional
generative adversarial networks (cGANs) for low-light image
enhancement, resulting in improved visual quality, enhanced
brightness, and increased details in low-light images.
⚫ The comparison with existing methods highlights the
superiority of cGAN-based approaches in restoring low-light
images, reducing noise, and minimizing artifacts.
⚫ The findings of this study contribute to advancing the field of
low-light image restoration and provide insights for future
research and development in this area.
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 List of References
⚫Wang, L., Liu, Z., Siu, W.-C., Lun, D. P.-K. (2020). Lightening
network for low-light image enhancement. IEEE Transactions on
Image Processing, 29(12), 7984-7996.
⚫Xu, B., Fang, Y., Bian, Z., Huang, Y., Tan, Y., Cheng, X., Song, J.,
& Leihong, Z. (2021). Low-light image restoration using discrete
cosine transform and conditional generative adversarial network.
Ukrainian Journal of Physical Optics, 22(4), 225-238.
doi:10.3116/16091833/22/4/225/2021

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Thank You

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