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Restoring low-light images is challenging due to noise and low illumination. The proposed Dark2Light model progressively enhances illumination and removes noise, outperforming existing methods for low-light image enhancement (LLIE).

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Area of Science:

Computer Vision
Image Processing
Artificial Intelligence

Background:

Low-light image enhancement (LLIE) is difficult due to severe noise and low illuminance.
Simple illumination restoration amplifies noise, hindering effective signal recovery.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a multi-stage model, Dark2Light, for progressive restoration of low-light images.
To address the dual challenges of illumination enhancement and noise removal simultaneously.

Main Methods:

Converted images from sRGB to linear RGB for linear illumination enhancement.
Employed a contextual transformer block for coarse-to-fine illumination enhancement.
Utilized a U-Net shaped denoising block for noise removal and a dual-supervised attention block for progressive restoration.

Main Results:

Dark2Light progressively restores normal-light images from low-light inputs.
The model effectively enhances illumination while mitigating noise amplification.
Quantitative and qualitative experiments show superior performance compared to state-of-the-art LLIE methods.

Conclusions:

Dark2Light offers an effective solution for challenging low-light image enhancement tasks.
The multi-stage approach balances illumination restoration and noise suppression.
The proposed method advances the field of low-light image restoration.