A Review on Underwater Image Enhancement Techniques

Underwater imaging is an innovative research area that has more benefits to researchers and scholars for mine detection, navigation, autonomous underwater imaging devices, etc. Underwater photos suffer greatly from scattering, light absorption, color cast, and the presence of artifacts, which causes the image to become increasingly blurry. At this juncture, color correction and image enhancement are highly recommended for getting a precise image with the right information. This paper summarizes the recent algorithms and their approaches in the area of underwater imaging enhancement techniques. An outline of the developing applications of underwater image processing is also presented.