Une méthode de pré-traitement automatique pour le débruitage des images sous-marines - Automatic Underwater Image Denoising

Une méthode de pré-traitement automatique pour le débruitage des images sous-marines

Automatic Underwater Image Denoising

 

Stéphane Bazeille Isabelle Quidu  Luc Jaulin  Jean-Philippe Malkasse 

Laboratoire E3I2 EA-3876, ENSIETA, 2 rue François Verny, 29806 BREST cedex 9, France

Thales Underwater Systems S.A S. Route de Sainte Anne du Portzic Site Amiral Nomy CS 43814 29238 BREST cedex 3, France

Page: 
45-54
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Received: 
30 November 2006
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Accepted: 
N/A
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Abstract: 

A novel pre-processing filter is proposed for underwater image restoration. Because of specific transmission properties of light in the water, underwater image suffers from limited range,non uniform lighting, low contrast, color diminished, important blur… Today pre-processing methods typically only concentrates on non uniform lighting or color correction and often require additional knowledge of the environment. The algorithm proposed in this paper is an automatic algorithm to pre-process underwater images. It reduces underwater perturbations, and improves image quality. It is composed of several successive independent processing steps which correct non uniform illumination, suppress noise, enhance contrast and adjust colors. Performances of filtering will be assessed using an edge detection robustness criterion.

Résumé

L'obstacle majeur dans le traitement des images sous-marines résulte des phénomènes d'absorption et de diffusion dus aux propriétés optiques particulières de la lumière dans l'eau. Ces deux phénomènes auxquels s'ajoute le problème de turbidité, impose de travailler sur des images très bruitées, avec souvent, une illumination non uniforme, des contrastes faibles, des couleurs atténuées… Cet article présente une nouvelle méthode automatique de pré-traitement des images sous marines. L'algorithme proposé qui ne nécessite ni paramétrage manuel ni information a priori, permet d'atténuer les défauts précédemment cités et d'améliorer de façon significative la qualité des images. L'éclairage, le bruit, les contrastes puis les couleurs sont corrigés séquentiellement.

Keywords: 

Image processing, contrast enhancement, denoising, color correction

Mots clés

Traitement d'image, rehaussement de contraste, débruitage, compensation colorimétrique

1. Introduction
2. Les Dégradations Spécifiques Dues Au Milieu Marin
3. Description De L'algorithme Global
4. Détails Des Algorithmes Utilisés
5. Démonstration Et Quantification Des Résultats
6. Conclusion Et Perspectives
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