Research Progress of Underwater Image Processing Based on Deep Learning
With the development of artificial intelligence and underwater equipments,autonomous underwater vehicles can con-veniently obtain underwater images.Underwater images are essential for exploring and developing the ocean.However,due to the complex underwater imaging environment,the acquired underwater images have low image quality,such as low contrast,blurring,and color distortion,making it difficult to meet the requirements of underwater production activities.In recent years,the develop-ment of deep learning-based underwater image processing methods and quality evaluation metrics has received much attention from scholars.Although there have been some reviews on deep learning-based underwater image processing methods,there are still issues such as incomplete summarization and a lack of the latest research results.Therefore,this paper first analyzes the cau-ses of underwater image degradation and proposes the necessary processing issues,and classifies underwater image processing methods based on the principles and characteristics of various algorithms.Secondly,the latest research results on deep learning-based underwater image processing are analyzed and summarized,and the main features of various algorithms are summarized.Then,existing publicly available underwater image datasets and current mainstream and latest learning-based underwater image quality evaluation metrics are detailed,and traditional algorithms and deep learning-based underwater image processing methods are compared and analyzed through experimental design.Finally,some unresolved issues in the field of underwater image proces-sing are analyzed and summarized,and future development directions are discussed.
Deep learningAutonomous underwater vehicleUnderwater imageImage processingImage quality evaluation