A Gray Scale Correction Method for Side-Scan Sonar Images Based on Retinex
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Current Gray Scale Correction Methods for Side-Scan Sonar Images
2.1. Time Variant Gain (TVG)
2.2. Histogram Equalization (HE)
2.3. Nonlinear Compensation
2.4. Function Fitting
2.5. Sonar Propagation Attenuation Model
2.6. Beam Pattern
3. Gray Scale Correction Method Based on Retinex
4. Our Method
5. Experiments and Analysis
5.1. Experiments and Analysis of Parameter A
5.2. Experiments and Analysis of Parameter a
5.3. Experiments and Analysis of Smoothing Function
5.4. Comparative Experiments and Analysis of Other Methods Based on Retinex
5.5. Comparative Experiments and Analysis of Gray Scale Correction Methods for Side-Scan Sonar Images
6. Expansion of Our Method
7. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
Appendix B
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Method | PSNR | Information Entropy | Standard Deviation | Average Gradient |
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Original image | 6.81746 | 42.1187 | 5.89745 | |
SSR | 7.50039 | 6.80343 | 74.8485 | 6.4373 |
MSR | 8.42826 | 5.8048 | 54.2663 | 9.2899 |
MSRCR | 6.48304 | 6.54661 | 54.3578 | 6.29672 |
MSRCP | 7.22485 | 5.66164 | 43.4622 | 5.42281 |
Ours | 14.5954 | 7.58250 | 43.8442 | 9.48556 |
Original Image | Algorithm | PNSR | Information Entropy | Standard Deviation | Average Gradient | Algorithm Time-Consuming(s) |
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Image1 | LIME | 12.8283 | 7.59424 | 54.9971 | 11.3484 | 2.15712 |
NPE | 16.9553 | 7.21194 | 45.2014 | 8.33524 | 20.9530 | |
SRIE | 19.1414 | 7.28538 | 46.8345 | 7.37814 | 35.7950 | |
MF | 19.3875 | 7.23853 | 46.1300 | 8.39727 | 3.0470 | |
our method of mean filter | 14.8291 | 7.50084 | 45.5599 | 9.76665 | 0.5430 | |
our method of bilateral filter | 15.0356 | 7.50243 | 44.6718 | 9.06058 | 1.7860 | |
Image2 | LIME | 12.5039 | 7.55372 | 53.4062 | 11.6171 | 2.0779 |
NPE | 17.4068 | 7.17702 | 14.9912 | 8.01561 | 20.6560 | |
SRIE | 18.9174 | 7.26646 | 43.9448 | 7.51642 | 33.6090 | |
MF | 18.6418 | 7.25066 | 42.7528 | 8.66020 | 1.5150 | |
our method of mean filter | 14.3681 | 7.56064 | 44.7653 | 10.3218 | 0.5440 | |
our method of bilateral filter | 14.5954 | 7.58250 | 43.8442 | 9.48556 | 1.6880 | |
Image3 | LIME | 12.9156 | 7.52301 | 56.4356 | 11.98260 | 2.40157 |
NPE | 18.0214 | 7.36287 | 45.1654 | 8.42337 | 20.5220 | |
SRIE | 19.3221 | 7.37251 | 47.1540 | 7.91938 | 35.2410 | |
MF | 19.0227 | 7.33752 | 46.9760 | 8.49770 | 1.4690 | |
our method of mean filter | 14.9149 | 7.57515 | 46.7814 | 10.30420 | 0.6860 | |
our method of bilateral filter | 15.1388 | 7.61042 | 45.8554 | 9.41506 | 1.5670 |
Method | PSNR | Information Entropy | Standard Deviation | Average Gradient |
---|---|---|---|---|
Original image | 6.1333 | 11.0744 | 2.55545 | |
HE | 9.82301 | 7.26025 | 45.695 | 9.87564 |
Non-linear compensation | 11.4153 | 7.17749 | 45.9537 | 8.71157 |
Function fitting | 9.91988 | 6.67453 | 48.7124 | 8.34709 |
Our method | 8.41441 | 7.41057 | 38.7549 | 13.6594 |
Scene | Image Size | Image Occupied Storage | Time-Consuming (s) |
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1 | 370 × 415 | 450 KB | 0.035 |
2 | 560 × 420 | 689 KB | 0.061 |
3 | 720 × 610 | 1.4 MB | 0.104 |
4 | 1024 × 683 | 963 KB | 0.206 |
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Ye, X.; Yang, H.; Li, C.; Jia, Y.; Li, P. A Gray Scale Correction Method for Side-Scan Sonar Images Based on Retinex. Remote Sens. 2019, 11, 1281. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11111281
Ye X, Yang H, Li C, Jia Y, Li P. A Gray Scale Correction Method for Side-Scan Sonar Images Based on Retinex. Remote Sensing. 2019; 11(11):1281. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11111281
Chicago/Turabian StyleYe, Xiufen, Haibo Yang, Chuanlong Li, Yunpeng Jia, and Peng Li. 2019. "A Gray Scale Correction Method for Side-Scan Sonar Images Based on Retinex" Remote Sensing 11, no. 11: 1281. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11111281