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RefineDNet: A Weakly Supervised Refinement Framework for Single Image Dehazing
Zhao, Shiyu1; Zhang, Lin1; Shen, Ying1; Zhou, Yicong2
2021-03
Source PublicationIEEE Transactions on Image Processing
ISSN1057-7149
Volume30Pages:3391-3404
Abstract

Haze-free images are the prerequisites of many vision systems and algorithms, and thus single image dehazing is of paramount importance in computer vision. In this field, prior-based methods have achieved initial success. However, they often introduce annoying artifacts to outputs because their priors can hardly fit all situations. By contrast, learning-based methods can generate more natural results. Nonetheless, due to the lack of paired foggy and clear outdoor images of the same scenes as training samples, their haze removal abilities are limited. In this work, we attempt to merge the merits of prior-based and learning-based approaches by dividing the dehazing task into two sub-tasks, i.e., visibility restoration and realness improvement. Specifically, we propose a two-stage weakly supervised dehazing framework, RefineDNet. In the first stage, RefineDNet adopts the dark channel prior to restore visibility. Then, in the second stage, it refines preliminary dehazing results of the first stage to improve realness via adversarial learning with unpaired foggy and clear images. To get more qualified results, we also propose an effective perceptual fusion strategy to blend different dehazing outputs. Extensive experiments corroborate that RefineDNet with the perceptual fusion has an outstanding haze removal capability and can also produce visually pleasing results. Even implemented with basic backbone networks, RefineDNet can outperform supervised dehazing approaches as well as other state-of-the-art methods on indoor and outdoor datasets. To make our results reproducible, relevant code and data are available at https://github.com/xiaofeng94/RefineDNet-for-dehazing.

KeywordImage Fusion Single Image Dehazing Unpaired Dehazing Dataset Weak Supervision
DOI10.1109/TIP.2021.3060873
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Indexed BySCIE
Language英語English
WOS Research AreaComputer Science ; Engineering
WOS SubjectComputer Science, Artificial Intelligence ; Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
WOS IDWOS:000628911200002
PublisherIEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC, 445 HOES LANE, PISCATAWAY, NJ 08855-4141
Scopus ID2-s2.0-85102312101
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Document TypeJournal article
CollectionFaculty of Science and Technology
Corresponding AuthorZhang, Lin
Affiliation1.School of Software Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 201804, China
2.Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Macau, Macao
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Zhao, Shiyu,Zhang, Lin,Shen, Ying,et al. RefineDNet: A Weakly Supervised Refinement Framework for Single Image Dehazing[J]. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 2021, 30, 3391-3404.
APA Zhao, Shiyu., Zhang, Lin., Shen, Ying., & Zhou, Yicong (2021). RefineDNet: A Weakly Supervised Refinement Framework for Single Image Dehazing. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 30, 3391-3404.
MLA Zhao, Shiyu,et al."RefineDNet: A Weakly Supervised Refinement Framework for Single Image Dehazing".IEEE Transactions on Image Processing 30(2021):3391-3404.
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