[HTML][HTML] Rethinking of Underwater Image Restoration Based on Circularly Polarized Light

C Wang, Z Wu, Z Han, J Wang, H Hu, X Li - Photonics, 2024 - mdpi.com
Polarimetric imaging technology plays a crucial role in de-scattering, particularly in the field
of underwater image restoration. Circularly polarized light (or the underlying circular …

Image-to-image machine translation enables computational defogging in real-world images

A Pollak, R Menon - Optics Express, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Computational defogging using machine learning presents significant potential; however, its
progress is hindered by the scarcity of large-scale datasets comprising real-world paired …

Using polarization to estimate surface normals at air–water interfaces for correction of refraction in seafloor imaging

E Peters, GA Atkinson, M Stephan - Applied Optics, 2024 - opg.optica.org
<? TeX 2pc 0pt?> The retrieval of sea surface normal vectors using shape-from-polarization
is investigated for the purpose of correcting for refraction at the water–air interface when …

The potential of linear polarization for backscatter-blocking and comparison to range-gated technologies focusing on maritime applications

L Kontschak, J Schmidt, T Preis… - Electro-Optical and …, 2024 - spiedigitallibrary.org
In the maritime domain, fog represents a significant challenge, eg for the detection of
castaways in search and rescue missions or obstacle avoidance/warning systems …

Performance studies of two active SWIR instrument designs for vision enhancement in indoor applications

E Peters, M Anders, T Preis… - Electro-Optical and …, 2023 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Two compact and portable SWIR active imaging instrument configurations aiming at vision
enhancement in indoor applications are tested and compared, working at 1300 nm and …