Feature Attention Parallel Aggregation Network for Single Image Haze Removal

Images captured in hazy weather often suffer from color distortion and texture blur due to turbid media suspended in the atmosphere. In this paper, we propose a Feature Attention Parallel Aggregation Network (FAPANet) to restore a clear image directly from the corresponding hazy input. It adopts the...

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Main Authors: Cuili Li, Yufeng He, Xu Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2022-01-01
Series:IEEE Access
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9698206/
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description Images captured in hazy weather often suffer from color distortion and texture blur due to turbid media suspended in the atmosphere. In this paper, we propose a Feature Attention Parallel Aggregation Network (FAPANet) to restore a clear image directly from the corresponding hazy input. It adopts the encoder-decoder structure while incorporating residual learning and attention mechanism. FAPANet consists of two key modules: a novel feature attention aggregation module (FAAM) and an adaptive feature fusion module (AFFM). FAAM recalibrates features by integrating channel attention and pixel attention in parallel to stimulate useful information and suppress redundant features. The shallow and deep layers of neural networks tend to characterize the low-level and high-level semantic features of images, respectively, so we introduce AFFM to fuse these two features adaptively. Meanwhile, a joint loss function, composed of L1 loss, perceptual loss, and structural similarity (SSIM) loss, is employed in the training stage for better results with more vivid colors and richer details. Comprehensive experiments on both synthetic and real-world images demonstrate the impressive performance of the proposed approach.
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spelling doaj.art-055fb02de2b44ff3b135989a373063f72022-12-21T23:48:35ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362022-01-0110153221533510.1109/ACCESS.2022.31481679698206Feature Attention Parallel Aggregation Network for Single Image Haze RemovalCuili Li0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5836-3216Yufeng He1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3325-7756Xu Li2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8154-1188College of Information Engineering, Tarim University, Aral, ChinaCollege of Information Engineering, Tarim University, Aral, ChinaCollege of Information Engineering, Tarim University, Aral, ChinaImages captured in hazy weather often suffer from color distortion and texture blur due to turbid media suspended in the atmosphere. In this paper, we propose a Feature Attention Parallel Aggregation Network (FAPANet) to restore a clear image directly from the corresponding hazy input. It adopts the encoder-decoder structure while incorporating residual learning and attention mechanism. FAPANet consists of two key modules: a novel feature attention aggregation module (FAAM) and an adaptive feature fusion module (AFFM). FAAM recalibrates features by integrating channel attention and pixel attention in parallel to stimulate useful information and suppress redundant features. The shallow and deep layers of neural networks tend to characterize the low-level and high-level semantic features of images, respectively, so we introduce AFFM to fuse these two features adaptively. Meanwhile, a joint loss function, composed of L1 loss, perceptual loss, and structural similarity (SSIM) loss, is employed in the training stage for better results with more vivid colors and richer details. Comprehensive experiments on both synthetic and real-world images demonstrate the impressive performance of the proposed approach.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9698206/Attention mechanismdeep learningfeature fusionimage restorationsingle image dehazing
spellingShingle Cuili Li
Yufeng He
Xu Li
Feature Attention Parallel Aggregation Network for Single Image Haze Removal
IEEE Access
Attention mechanism
deep learning
feature fusion
image restoration
single image dehazing
title Feature Attention Parallel Aggregation Network for Single Image Haze Removal
title_full Feature Attention Parallel Aggregation Network for Single Image Haze Removal
title_fullStr Feature Attention Parallel Aggregation Network for Single Image Haze Removal
title_full_unstemmed Feature Attention Parallel Aggregation Network for Single Image Haze Removal
title_short Feature Attention Parallel Aggregation Network for Single Image Haze Removal
title_sort feature attention parallel aggregation network for single image haze removal
topic Attention mechanism
deep learning
feature fusion
image restoration
single image dehazing
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9698206/
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